Rock magnetic record of the last glacial-interglacial cycle from the Kurtak loess section, southern Siberia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Zhu, R X ^a   Matasova, G ^b   Kazansky, A ^b   Zykina, V ^b   Sun, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Buried soil; Loess; Palaeoclimate; Rock magnetism; Siberia

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037328014     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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