Environmental conditions in the Donggi Cona lake catchment, NE Tibetan Plateau, based on factor analysis of geochemical data

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-188

  IJmker, Janneke ^a   Stauch, Georg ^a   Hartmann, Kai ^b   Diekmann, Bernhard ^c   Dietze, Elisabeth ^b   Opitz, Stephan ^c   Wünnemann, Bernd ^b,d   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Factor analysis; Geostatistics; Landscape geochemistry; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOSTATISTICS; LAKE WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84855339816     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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