Variations in 87Sr/86Sr of the Huanxian profile, Loess Plateau of China from 40 ka B.P. to 10 ka B.P. and Heinrich events

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-171

  Yang, Jie Dong ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jian Xin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heinrich event; Loess and Paleosol; Sr isotope; The Loess Plateau of China

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 20444384810     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.39.165     Document Type: Article

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