Late Quaternary Qaidam lake histories and implications for an MIS 3 "Greatest Lakes" period in northwest China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-177

  Madsen, David B ^a   Lai, ZhongPing ^b,c   Sun, YongJuan ^c   Rhode, David ^d   Liu, XiangJun ^c   Jeffrey Brantingham, P ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; MIS 3; Northwest China; Qaidam Lakes; Shoreline chronologies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATING METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OPTICAL METHOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

CHINA;

EID: 84895067150     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9662-x     Document Type: Article

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