OSL chronology and palaeoclimatic implications of aeolian sediments in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-129

  Yu, LuPeng ^a,b,c   Lai, ZhongPing ^a,b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian activity; Luminescence dating; Palaeoclimate during deglaciation and holocene; Qaidam basin; Qinghai tibetan plateau (QTP)

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARID REGION; CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAIN SIZE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; SAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 84861461913     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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