The Pleistocene vermicular red earth in South China signaling the global climatic change: The molecular fossil record

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1113-1120

  Xie, Shucheng ^a   Yi, Yi ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^a   Gu, Yansheng ^a   Ma, Zhenxing ^b   Lin, Wenjiao ^a   Wang, Xianyan ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Liang, Bin ^a   Zhu, Zongmin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Jiangxi Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; China; Molecular paleontology; Molecular stratigraphy; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; PARAFFINS; SOILS;

MOLECULAR FOSSILS; PLEISTOCENE VERMICULAR RED EARTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PLEISTOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342427679     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0555     Document Type: Article

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