Aeolian sediments on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-84

  Stauch, Georg ^a   IJmker, Janneke ^a   Pötsch, Steffen ^b   Zhao, Hui ^c   Hilgers, Alexandra ^b   Diekmann, Bernhard ^d   Dietze, Elisabeth ^e   Hartmann, Kai ^e   Opitz, Stephan ^d   Wünnemann, Bernd ^e,f   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Dating; Palaeoclimate; Quaternary; Sedimentology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN; DATING; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84868253170     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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