A sedimentological proxy indicator linking changes in loess and deserts in the Quaternary

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-152

  Ding, Zhongli ^a   Sun, Jimin ^a   Liu, Dongsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic instability; Desert; Grain size; Loess

Indexed keywords

DESERT; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SAND;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0033066082     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02878513     Document Type: Article

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