Late Miocene-Pliocene development of Asian aridification as recorded in the Red-Earth Formation in northern China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 135-145

  Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b   Peng, Shuzhen ^a,c   Hao, Qingzhen ^a   Biscaye, Pierre E ^d   An, Zhisheng ^b   Liu, Tungsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Tai'an Teachers College   (China)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asian aridification; Hipparion Red Earth Formation; Miocene Pliocene eolian deposition; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HIPPARION;

EID: 3242706079     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.01.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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