A Holocene dust record in arid central Asia inferred from Lake Barkol, northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-220

  Lu, Yanbin ^a   An, Chengbang ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Wang, Zongli ^a   Tao, Shichen ^a   Zhao, Jiaju ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Dust; Holocene; Lake Barkol

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; CLIMATE RECORD; CORE SEDIMENTS; DUST FLUX; DUST SOURCES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENES; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; NORTHWEST CHINA; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; XINJIANG;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; LAKES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DUST;

ARID REGION; DUST; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CORE;

BARKOL LAKE; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84855261378     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1084-y     Document Type: Article

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