A 2000-year dust storm record from Lake Sugan in the dust source area of arid China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2149-2160

  Chen, Fahu ^a   Qiang, Mingrui ^a   Zhou, Aifeng ^a   Xiao, Shun ^b   Chen, Jianhui ^a   Sun, Donghuai ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

arid China; dust storm; lake sediments; last two millennia; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

DUST; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ARID CHINA; DUST STORM; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST TWO MILLENNIA; QAIDAM BASIN;

STORMS;

ARID REGION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DUST STORM; EOLIAN PROCESS; EXPLOITATION; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SUGAN LAKE;

EID: 84878148927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50140     Document Type: Article

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