Geographic variations in particle size distribution of the last interglacial pedocomplex S1 across the Chinese Loess Plateau: Their chronological and pedogenic implications

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-328

  Feng, Z D ^a,b   Wang, H B ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Last interglacial; Paleosol; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOSOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 33646050651     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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