Paleoclimatic significance of magnetic properties on the Red Clay underlying the loess and paleosols in China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 153-166

  Liu, Xiu Ming ^a   Rolph, Tim ^b   An, Zhisheng ^c   Hesse, Paul ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironmental change; Red Clay; Soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

CLAY; LOESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

(NORTH); CHINA;

EID: 0141527370     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00504-2     Document Type: Article

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