Environmental magnetic studies of sediment cores from Gonghai Lake: Implications for monsoon evolution in North China during the late glacial and Holocene

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-464

  Chen, Fahu ^a   Liu, Jianbao ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^b   Li, Yuecong ^b   Chen, Jianhui ^a   Wei, Haitao ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^c   Wang, Zongli ^a   Cao, Xianyong ^b   Zhang, Shengrui ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake sediment; Last deglaciation; Magnetic parameters; Monsoon history; Northern China

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MONSOON; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHINA; GONGHAI LAKE; SHANXI;

EID: 84875611545     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9677-3     Document Type: Article

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