Late pleistocene evolution of Lake Manas in western China with constraints of OSL ages of lacustrine sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-149

  Fan, Anchuan ^a,b   Li, Sheng Hua ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate change; High lake level; Lake Manas; Northwestern China; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAKE LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA; MANAS LAKE; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84863781213     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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