Rock magnetic properties of the late Pleistocene loess-paleosol deposits in Haro River area, Attock Basin, Pakistan: is magnetic susceptibility a proxy measure of paleoclimate?

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-139

  Akram, Huma ^a   Yoshida, Mitsuo ^a   Ahmad, Mirza Naseer ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS/PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031689725     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352094     Document Type: Article

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