Paleoclimate changes of the last 1000 yr on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau recorded by elemental, isotopic, and molecular organic matter proxies in sediment from glacial Lake Ximencuo

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 379-380, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-53

  Pu, Yang ^a   Nace, Trevor ^b   Meyers, Philip A ^c   Zhang, Hucai ^d   Wang, Yongli ^e   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^f   Shao, Xiaohua ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; N alkan ol; N alkane; Organic carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Suess effect

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALKANE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIAL LAKE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREE RING; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; DULAN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIMENCUO LAKE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84879147268     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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