A high-resolution multi-proxy record of late Cenozoic environment change from central Taklimakan Desert, China

The Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin is the largest desert in Central Asia, and is regarded as one of the main dust sources to the Northern Hemisphere. Late Cenozoic sedimentary sequences with intercalated in-situ aeolian dune sands in this area preserve direct evidence for the Asian desertifica...

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Main Authors: X. Wang, D. H. Sun, F. Wang, B. F. Li, S. Wu, F. Guo, Z. J. Li, Y. B. Zhang, F. H. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-12-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/2731/2013/cp-9-2731-2013.pdf