Quaternary loess-paleosol stratigraphy of Central Asia: Geochronology, correlation, and evolution of paleoenvironments

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-593

  Dodonov, A E ^a   Shackleton, N ^b   Zhou, L P ^b   Lomov, S P ^c   Finaev, A F ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Penza Research Institute of Agriculture   (Russian Federation)

^d Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tadzhikistan   (Tajikistan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Loess; Magnetic susceptibility; Pedocomplex; Stratigraphy; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009693994     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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