Pedostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of a ~7.0 Ma eolian loess-red clay sequence at Lingtai, Loess Plateau, north-central China and the implications for paleomonsoon evolution

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-66

  Ding, Z L ^a   Xiong, S F ^a   Sun, J M ^a   Yang, S L ^a   Gu, Z Y ^a   Liu, T S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asia summer monsoon; Eolian sediments; Paleomagnetism; Paleosols; Red clay formation

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; PALEOMAGNETISM; PEDOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RED SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033566839     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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