Chronology of Holocene sediments from the archaeological Salawusu site in the Mu Us Desert in China and its palaeoenvironmental implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-255

  Liu, Kai ^a,b   Lai, Zhong Ping ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene climatic change; Incision rate of salawusu river; Luminescence dating of lacustrine deposits; Mu Us desert in china; Palaeolithic salawusu site

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESICCATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; SALAWUSU RIVER;

EID: 84855199669     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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