Distinguishing aeolian signature from lacustrine sediments of the Qaidam Basin in northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its palaeoclimatic implications

Aeolian Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-30

  An, FuYuan ^a,b   Ma, HaiZhou ^a   Wei, HaiCheng ^a   Lai, ZhongPing ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM); Grain size and geochemistry analysis; Landform process and environmental change; Qaidam Basin; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau (QTP); Saparating aeolian component from lacustrine sediments

Indexed keywords

DEPOCENTER; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PIEDMONT; QUARTZ; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84858587978     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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