Late Miocene-Pleistocene aridification of Asian inland revealed by geochemical records of lacustrine-fan delta sediments from the western Tarim Basin, NW China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 377, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-61

  Zhang, Zhigao ^a,b   Han, Wenxia ^b,c   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,d   Song, Chunhui ^a   Li, Xiangyu ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aridification; Late Miocene Pleistocene; Pamir; Tarim Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARIDIFICATION; CENOZOIC; COOLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; INLAND SEA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84876729586     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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