A 100-year record of climate change and human activities inferred from the geochemical composition of sediments in Chaiwopu Lake, arid northwest China

An 81-cm sediment core from Chaiwopu Lake in arid northwest China was analyzed for <sup>137</sup>Cs activity and concentrations of major and trace elements. We used these data to discriminate between the influence of climate change and human activities on the geochemical change of the la...

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Main Authors: Wen Liu, Jinglu Wu, Xiangliang Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1301