The sand wedges of the last ice age in the Hexi Corridor, China: Paleoclimatic interpretation

Geomorphology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-320

  Wang, Nai'ang ^a,b   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Li, Jijun ^a   Hu, Gang ^a   Cheng, Hongyi ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hexi Corridor; Last Ice Age; Paleoclimatic interpretation; Sand wedges

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SAND; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; HEXI CORRIDOR;

EID: 0038814737     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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