Spatial variations of magnetic susceptibility of Chinese loess for the last 600 kyr: Implications for monsoon evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Hao, Qingzhen ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE;

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

EID: 31544473121     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003765     Document Type: Article

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