Zr/Rb ratio in the Chinese loess sequences and its implication for changes in the East Asian winter monsoon strength

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1471-1482

  Chen, Jun ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Liu, Lianwen ^a   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Balsam, William ^b   Sun, Youbin ^a   Lu, Huayu ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33644630708     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.029     Document Type: Article

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