Luminescence dating of loessic sediments from the Loess plateau, China

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-684

  Frechen, M ^a  

^a Ctr Environ Change Quaternary Res   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Chronostratigraphy; Loess; Loess plateau; Luminescence; Palaeoclimate; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032966945     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050239     Document Type: Article

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