Glacial-interglacial changes in dust deposition on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 1859-1878

  Kohfeld, K E ^a   Harrison, S P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

LUMINESCENCE DATING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LOESS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0141651730     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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