Paleoenvironmental significance of the magnetic fabrics in Chinese loess-paleosols since the last interglacial (< 130 ka)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 55-69

  Zhu, Rixiang ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^b   Jackson, Michael J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS; Chinese loess; Lingtai; Monsoon; Paleowind direction; Paleowind strength

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 2342443121     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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