Chemical weathering of the loess deposits in the lower Changjiang Valley, China, and paleoclimatic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Yang, S Y ^a   Li, C X ^a   Yang, D Y ^b   Li, X S ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLAGIOCLASE; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 1042278511     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00113-7     Document Type: Article

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