A Mineralogical Analysis of Karst Sediments and its Implications to the Middle-Late Pleistocene Climatic Changes on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-359

  Zhang, David Dian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Karst sediments; Mineralogy; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142663482     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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