Climatic implications of the S5 Paleosol Complex on the southernmost Chinese Loess Plateau

Quaternary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-33

  Han, Jingtai ^a   Fyfe, William S ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0344286507     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.1976     Document Type: Article

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