Molecular fossils in a Pleistocene river terrace in southern China related to paleoclimate variation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 789-797

  Xie, Shucheng ^a   Lai, Xulong ^a   Yi, Yi ^a   Gu, Yansheng ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^a   Wang, Xianyan ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Liang, Bin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; RIVERS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PALEOSOL MOLECULAR FOSSILS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

FOSSIL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0038582454     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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