Magnetic properties of modern soils and quaternary loessic paleosols: Paleoclimatic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-54

  Maher, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loess; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

LOESS/PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY CLIMATE;

EID: 0032005856     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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