The Holocene salinity history of Lake Lop Nur (Tarim Basin, NW China) inferred from ostracods, foraminifera, ooids and stable isotope data

Terminal lakes without outlet respond directly to climate change and human impact, and provide important evidence for environmental conditions prior to times of instrumental monitoring. Lop Nur in northwestern China is a terminal lake which was still one of the world's largest lakes in historical times. Sediments from the excavated section YKD0301 in its presently dry basin were investigated to reconstruct the Holocene salinity history of the...