Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-246

  Lu, Huayu ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^b   An, Zhisheng ^a   Dodson, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Chinese Loess Plateau; Loess deposits; Orbital tuning; Time scale

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032733212     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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