Changes in sand content of Loess deposits along a north-south transect of the Chinese Loess Plateau and the implications for desert variations

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-62

  Ding, Zhongli ^a,b   Sun, Jimin ^a,b   Rutter, Nat W ^c   Rokosh, Dean ^c   Liu, Tungsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Xian State Key Lab Loess Q   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Loess; Loess Plateau; Monsoon climate; Mu Us Desert

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MONSOON; SAND; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TEXTURE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0344603870     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2045     Document Type: Article

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