Discovery of Late Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in the Buqu Basin of the Yangtze River source and its palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-533

  Liu, Qisheng ^a   Zhao, Xitao ^b   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Hu, Daogong ^a   Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Yan, Fuhua ^c   Ma, Zhibang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Buqu Basin of the Yangtze River source; Lacustrine deposits; Late Pleistocene; Paleoclimate; Paleovegetation; U series age

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 8644232432     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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