Distribution of biomarkers in lacustrine sediments of the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, NW China: Significance for climate change

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-116

  Wang, Yongli ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhang, Tongwei ^b   Li, Yuanmao ^a   Wu, Yingqin ^a   He, Daxiang ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Meng, Pei ^a   Wang, Youxiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid environmental change; Biomarkers; Climate significance; Lacustrine sediments; NE Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CARBON NUMBER; CLIMATE INDICATORS; CLIMATE SIGNIFICANCE; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGHER PLANTS; HUMID CLIMATES; ISOPRENOIDS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MAXIMUM VALUES; N-ALKANES; NW CHINA; OLIGOCENE; PALYNOFLORAS; PLIOCENE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WOODY PLANTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; KETONES; PARAFFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALKANE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLORA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84855713774     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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