The early-Eocene climate optimum (EECO) event in the Qaidam basin, northwest China: Clay evidence

Clay Minerals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-661

  Wang, C W ^a   Hong, H L ^a   Song, B W ^a   Yin, K ^a   Li, Z H ^b   Zhang, K X ^a   Ji, J L ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

clay minerals; illite crystallinity; Lulehe formation; palaeoclimate; Qaidam basin; the early Eocene climate optimum (EECO)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OPTIMA; CRYSTALLINITIES; LULEHE FORMATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; QAIDAM BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GYPSUM; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 83455197255     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2011.046.4.649     Document Type: Article

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