Loess in Kunlun Mountains and its implications on desert development and Tibetan Plateau uplift in west China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-299

  Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Lü, Lianqing ^a   Yang, Shengli ^a   Li, Jijun ^a   An, Zhisheng ^b   Jiang, Ping’an ^c   Chen, Xiuling ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Loess paleosol; Taklimakan desert; Tarim Basin; Tibetan Plateau; Westerly

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LOESS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DESERTIFICATION; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; UPLIFT;

CHINA;

EID: 0036538762     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd9031     Document Type: Article

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