The magnetic susceptibility of modern soils in China and its use for paleoclimate reconstruction

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 262-275

  Han, Jiamao ^a   Lü, Houyuan ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climofunction; Loess paleosol sequence; Louchuan; Magnetic mineralogy; Paleoprecipitation; Paleotemperature; Polynomial regression; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030437354     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02300742     Document Type: Article

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