Volcanic glass found in Late Quaternary Chinese loess: A pointer for future studies?

Quaternary International

Volumn 34-36, Issue , 1996, Pages 107-111

  Eden, Dennis N ^a   Froggatt, Paul C ^b   Zheng, Honghan ^c   Machida, Hiroshi ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; LOESS; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

CHINA, SHANDONG PROVINCE;

EID: 0030391568     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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