230Th dating of stem carbonate deposits from Tai Cuo lake, western Tibetan Plateau, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 250, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-62

  Ma, Nina ^a   Ma, Zhibang ^b   Zheng, Mianping ^a   Wang, Hailei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LITHOLOGY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84856210590     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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