Remagnetization of Quaternary eolian deposits: A case study from SE Chinese Loess Plateau

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Wang, Xisheng ^a   Lørvlie, Reidar ^b   Yang, Zhenyu ^c   Pei, Junling ^a   Zhao, Zhizhong ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Excursion; Remagnetization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748518418     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000901     Document Type: Article

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