Correlation and interpretation of paleosols and loess across European Russia and Asia over the last interglacial-glacial cycle

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-109

  Rutter, Nathaniel W ^a   Rokosh, Dean ^a   Evans, Michael E ^a   Little, Edward C ^b   Chlachula, Jiri ^c   Velichko, Andrei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

^c TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chinese loess plateau; Isotope stage; Last glacial maximum; Loess; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Quaternary; Russian Plain; Siberia; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOESS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 0043194169     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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