Aeolian process and pedogenesis under the influence of the East Asian monsoon: A statistical approach to particle-size distribution variability

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 181, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 195-206

  Parker, E J ^a   Bloemendal, Jan ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Loess; Monsoon; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; LOESS; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27844568224     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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