Timing of Late Quaternary palaeolake evolution in Tengger Desert of northern China and its possible forcing mechanisms

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-129

  Long, Hao ^a   Lai, ZhongPing ^a,b   Fuchs, Markus ^c   Zhang, JingRan ^a   Li, Yu ^d  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Late Quaternary; OSL dating; Palaeolake evolution; Tengger Desert in northern China

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN MONSOON; LATE QUATERNARY; NORTHERN CHINA; OSL DATING; PALAEOLAKE EVOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAKE EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

EID: 84861942950     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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