Holocene climate evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia Export

@article{SchwanghartW08, abstract = {Abstract\ \ In order to evaluate the Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, central Mongolia, investigations on chemical and mineralogical properties of lacustrine sediments were carried out on a 630 cm sediment core from lake Ugii Nuur. The interpretation of the record is based on a principal component analysis (PCA) of the elemental composition of the samples. The results show that lacustrine deposition started at 10.6 kyr BP. Low lake level conditions were identified during the Early Holocene (10.6–7.9 kyr BP). The Mid Holocene (7.9–4.2 kyr BP) was characterized by generally higher lake levels and thus higher moisture supply, but it experienced strong climatic fluctuations. Arid conditions prevailed from 4.2–2.8 kyr BP and were followed by a stable, more humid phase until today.}, author = {Schwanghart, Wolfgang and Sch\"{u}tt, Brigitta and Walther, Michael}, citeulike-article-id = {3514370}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/l3411v7572111214}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4}, journal = {Advances in Atmospheric Sciences}, keywords = {-, asia, central, holocene, lake, mongolia, palaeoclimate, sediments}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {986--998}, posted-at = {2008-11-14 16:12:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Holocene climate evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4}, volume = {25}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - SchwanghartW08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3514370 N2 - Abstract  In order to evaluate the Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, central Mongolia, investigations on chemical and mineralogical properties of lacustrine sediments were carried out on a 630 cm sediment core from lake Ugii Nuur. The interpretation of the record is based on a principal component analysis (PCA) of the elemental composition of the samples. The results show that lacustrine deposition started at 10.6 kyr BP. Low lake level conditions were identified during the Early Holocene (10.6–7.9 kyr BP). The Mid Holocene (7.9–4.2 kyr BP) was characterized by generally higher lake levels and thus higher moisture supply, but it experienced strong climatic fluctuations. Arid conditions prevailed from 4.2–2.8 kyr BP and were followed by a stable, more humid phase until today. IS - 6 JF - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences EP - 998 TI - Holocene climate evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia VL - 25 SP - 986 KW - - KW - asia KW - central KW - holocene KW - lake KW - mongolia KW - palaeoclimate KW - sediments AU - Schwanghart, Wolfgang AU - Schütt, Brigitta AU - Walther, Michael PY - 2008/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4 ER -