Mid-Holocene climate change in the eastern Xinjiang region indicated by the grain size and stable isotope record from Lake Barkol, northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2163-2169

  Lu, Yanbin ^a,b   An, ChengBang ^b   Wang, Zongli ^b   Zhao, Jiaju ^b   Wei, Haitao ^b   Tao, Shichen ^b   Huang, Wei ^b   Ma, Minmin ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Grain size; Lake Barkol; Mid Holocene; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ISOTOPES; LAKES;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENES; LAKE BARKOL; STABLE ISOTOPES; XINJIANG REGIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BARKOL LAKE; CHINA; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST; MONGOLIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84875430717     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1899-1     Document Type: Article

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