Implications of diverse sedimentation patterns in Hala Lake, Qinghai Province, China for reconstructing Late Quaternary climate

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-749

  Wünnemann, Bernd ^a,c   Wagner, Johannes ^b   Zhang, Yongzhan ^a   Yan, Dada ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Shen, Yan ^c   Fang, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Lake sediments; Paleoclimate; Paleohydrology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALGA; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LAMINATION; LOWSTAND; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILTY CLAY; STRATIFICATION; WARMING;

CHINA; HALA LAKE; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ALGAE; PANDANUS TECTORIUS;

EID: 84869872685     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9641-2     Document Type: Article

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