Loess record of the aerodynamic environment in the east Asia monsoon area since 60,000 years before present

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Qin, Xiaoguang ^a   Cai, Binggui ^a   Liu, Tungsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; LOESS; QUATERNARY;

EID: 17044423390     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003131     Document Type: Article

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