Terrestrial mollusk evidence for the origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary Red Clay Formation in the Loess Plateau, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1072-1076

  Pei, Yunpeng ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a   Li, Fengjiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environment changes; Late Tertiary; Mollusk fossils; Red Clay

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33645879711     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0519     Document Type: Article

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