An EPR study on mollusk shells from loess-paleosol sequences in the Loess Plateau, central China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Sheng, Xuefen ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Sui, Yunxia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EPR signal; Loess Plateau; Mn2+; Mollusk shells; Redox condition

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SHELL;

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

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 20444395456     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.39.61     Document Type: Article

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