Simulating Magnetic Susceptibility Profiles in Loess as an Aid in Quantifying Rates of Dust Deposition and Pedogenic Development

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Anderson, Robert S ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECORD; DUST DEPOSITION; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PEDOGENIC DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030469671     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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