The Onset of Extensive Loess Deposition Around the G/M Boundary in China and Its Palaeoclimatic Implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-60

  Ding, Zhongli ^a   Rutter, Nat W ^b   Liu, Tungsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUST; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GAUSS/MATUYAMA BOUNDARY; LOESS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOSOL; RED CLAY; UPLIFT;

CHINA, LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0031448843     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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