Indian Ocean Summer Monsoon (IOSM)-dynamics within the past 4 ka recorded in the sediments of Lake Nam Co, central Tibetan Plateau (China)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-85

  Kasper, Thomas ^a   Haberzettl, Torsten ^a   Doberschütz, Stefan ^a   Daut, Gerhard ^a   Wang, Junbo ^b   Zhu, Liping ^b   Nowaczyk, Norbert ^c   Mäusbacher, Roland ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lake level variation; Lake Nam Co; Lake sediment; Magnetostratigraphy; Monsoon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SEDIMENT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MONSOON; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; CORE LEVELS; ELECTROMIGRATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GLACIER; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LITTLE ICE AGE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MELTING; MINERALOGY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

CHINA; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84862779472     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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