Holocene climate change inferred from stratigraphy and OSL chronology of aeolian sediments in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 488-499

  Yu, LuPeng ^a,b,c   Lai, ZhongPing ^a,c,d  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b Qinghai Geological Survey Institute   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian activity; Asian summer monsoon; Holocene climate change; OSL dating; Qaidam Basin; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

AEOLIAN ACTIVITIES; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE; OSL DATING; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU;

MOISTURE;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUMMER; WESTERLY;

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

EID: 84901836909     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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