Geochemical characteristics of Holocene aeolian deposits east of Qinghai Lake, China, and their paleoclimatic implications

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 692; pp. 917 - 929
• Main Authors: Ding, Zhiyong, Lu, Ruijie, Lyu, Zhiqiang, Liu, Xiaokang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.11.2019
• Subjects: Aeolian deposits; aluminum oxide; China; climate change; cold; eolian deposits; Geochemistry; Holocene; Holocene epoch; humid zones; lakes; monsoon season; Paleoclimate; paleoclimatology; Qinghai Lake Basin; sand; total organic carbon; uncertainty; vegetation cover; watersheds; weathering; China; Geochemistry; Aeolian deposits; Paleoclimate; Qinghai Lake Basin; Holocene

The paleoclimate evolution of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP), especially in the Qinghai Lake Basin (QLB), has long been a subject of interest to scholars due to the particularity of the geographical location. However, because of the uncertainties of the chronologies and the interpretations of...