A record of the Blake Event during the last interglacial paleosol in the western Loess Plateau of China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Fang, Xiao Min ^a,b   Li, Ji Jun ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^b   Mac Niocaill, Conall ^b   Dai, Xue Rong ^a   Kemp, Rob A ^c   Derbyshire, Edward ^c   Cao, Ji Xiu ^a   Wang, Jian Ming ^a   Wang, Guo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brunhes Epoch; Loess Plateau; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BLAKE EVENT; BRUNHES CHRON; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL;

CHINA, LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0030670248     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00222-1     Document Type: Article

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