Sedimentary records and chronology of the late Pleistocene overbank flooding in the Yellow River source area, NE Tibetan Plateau

Sedimentary records and chronology of the late Pleistocene overbank flooding in the Yellow River source area, NE Tibetan Plateau

Paleohydrological investigations were carried out in the Yellow River source area on the northeast (NE) Tibetan Plateau. During our fieldwork investigations, two units of overbank flood deposits (OFD) were found in the Maqu-Kesheng reach. These OFD units were studied using a multi-index approach, in...

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Main Authors: Yan Zhu, Haoyu Wang, Yuzhu Zhang, Chun Chang Huang, Xiaochun Zha, Haijun Qiu, Ya-na Jia, Qili Xiao, Dou Chen, Xu Lin, Tao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Tibetan Plateau
Yellow River source area
late Pleistocene
environmental evolution
overbank flooding
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1021106/full

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