Late Pliocene-Quaternary evolution of redox conditions in the western Qaidam paleolake (NE Tibetan Plateau) deduced from Mn geochemistry in the drilling core SG-1

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 586-595

  Yang, Yibo ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Appel, Erwin ^c   Galy, Albert ^d   Li, Minghui ^a   Zhang, Weilin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian inland drying; Lake redox conditions; Late Pliocene Quaternary; Manganese geochemistry; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE PLIOCENE-QUATERNARY; MN CONCENTRATIONS; NE TIBETAN PLATEAUX; QAIDAM BASIN; REDOX CONDITION; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; WESTERN QAIDAM BASIN;

ACETIC ACID; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; PH; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

MANGANESE;

CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; MANGANESE; OXIDE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 84887080560     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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