Sedimentation and diagenesis of Chinese loess: Implications for the preservation of continuous, high-resolution climate records

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 849-852

  Stevens, Thomas ^a   Armitage, Simon J ^a   Lu, Huayu ^b,c   Thomas, David S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Diagenesis; East Asian monsoon; OSL dating; Quaternary; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CHINESE LOESS; DIAGENESIS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; SUBGLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TIME SCALES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TIMESCALE; UNCONFORMITY;

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

EID: 33748687140     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22472.1     Document Type: Article

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