Re-assessment of the paleoclimate implications of the Shell Bar in the Qaidam Basin, China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-195

  Mischke, Steffen ^a,b   Lai, Zhongping ^c,d   Zhang, Chengjun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corbicula; Late Pleistocene; Ostracoda; Qaidam Basin; Taphonomy; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CLAM CULTURE; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; SHELL;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84895071087     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9674-6     Document Type: Article

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