Evidence for the Kamikatsura and Santa Rosa excursions recorded in eolian deposits from the southern Chinese Loess Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Tianshui ^a   Hyodo, Masayuki ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Fu, Jianli ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Geomagnetic excursions; Matuyama

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 14244261153     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002966     Document Type: Article

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