Underestimated 14C-based chronology of late Pleistocene high lake-level events over the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas: Evidence from the Qaidam Basin and Tengger Desert

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-194

  Long, Hao ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

14C dating; lacustrine sediments; lake highstand; OSL dating; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE;

14C DATING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL DATING; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

LAKES;

EID: 84925481906     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4993-2     Document Type: Article

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