Holocene evolution of Huangqihai lake in semi-arid northern China based on sedimentology and luminescence dating

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1261-1268

  Zhang, JingRan ^a,b,c   Jia, YuLian ^b   Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Long, Hao ^a,c   Yang, LinHai ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Holocene lake level fluctuations; Huangqihai Lake; optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating; sedimentology; semi arid northern China

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID REGION; ARIDIFICATION; CHRONOLOGY; GRANULOMETRY; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLAYA; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA; HUANGQIHAI LAKE; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 82855172377     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405232     Document Type: Article

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