Asian summer monsoon instability during the past 60,000 years: Magnetic susceptibility and pedogenic evidence from the western Chinese Loess Plateau

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 219-232

  Fang, Xiao Min ^a,b,c   Ono, Yugo ^b   Fukusawa, Hitoshi ^c   Bao Tian, Pan ^a   Li, Ji Jun ^a   Dong Hong, Guan ^a   Oi, Keiichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Sumiko ^c   Torii, Masayuki ^d   Mishima, Toshiaki ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Loess; Loess Plateau; Magnetic susceptibility; Monsoons; Paleoclimatology; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033562223     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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