Wind-blown origin of the Pliocene red clay formation in the central Loess Plateau, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 135-143

  Ding, Z L ^a,b   Sun, J M ^a   Liu, T S ^a   Zhu, R X ^a   Yang, S L ^a   Guo, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Lab Loess Quaternary G   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clay; Eolian deposit; Loess Plateau; Magnetostratigraphy; Pliocene; Sediments; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

CHINA;

EID: 0032465725     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00145-9     Document Type: Article

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