Dating paleosol and animal remains in loess deposits

Radiocarbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-116

  Zhang, H C ^a,b   Li, B ^a,b   Yang, M S ^a,b   Lei, G L ^a,b   Ding, H ^c   Niu, Jie ^a,b   Fan, H F ^a,b   Zhang, W X ^a,b   Chang, F Q ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FAUNA; LOESS; PALEOSOL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645229822     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: 00338222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200035438     Document Type: Article

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