Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6877, 2002, Pages 159-163

  Guo, Z T ^a   Ruddiman, William F ^b   Hao, Q Z ^a   Wu, H B ^a   Qiao, Y S ^a   Zhu, R X ^a   Peng, S Z ^a   Wel, J J ^a   Yuan, B Y ^a   Llu, T S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TECTONICS;

DESERTIFICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; DESERTIFICATION; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CENOZOIC; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; GEOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 18344362984     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416159a     Document Type: Article

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