Magnetostratigraphic record of the late miocene onset of the East Asian monsoon, and pliocene uplift of northern Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 83-93

  Qiang, X K ^a   Li, Z X ^b   Powell, C Mca ^b   Zheng, H B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Loess plateau; Magnetostratigraphy; Monsoons; Qinghai Xizang plateau; Upper neogene; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; RED CLAY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPLIFT;

CHINA;

EID: 0034998756     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00281-3     Document Type: Article

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