High-resolution multi-proxy climate records from Chinese Loess: Evidence for rapid climatic changes over the last 75 kyr

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 323-335

  Chen, F H ^a   Bloemendal, J ^b   Wang, J M ^a   Li, J J ^a   Oldfield, F ^b,c  

^a University of Lanzhou   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAGES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interstadials; Loess; Monsoon; Paleoclimates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECORD; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; MONSOON; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

CHINA, LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0030616888     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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