A 16-ka lake-level record inferred from macrofossils in a sediment core from Genggahai Lake, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (China)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 575-590

  Qiang, Mingrui ^a   Song, Lei ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Li, Mingzhi ^a   Liu, Xingxing ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abrupt changes; Asian monsoon; Holocene; Lake level; Macrofossils; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL LAKE; LAKE LEVEL; MACROPHYTE; MONSOON; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84875632114     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9660-z     Document Type: Article

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