Loess-soil sequences in southern Anhui Province: Magnetostratigraphy and paleoclimatic significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2088-2093

  Qiao, Yansong ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b   Hao, Qingzhen ^a   Wu, Wenxiang ^a   Jiang, Wenying ^a   Yuan, Baoyin ^a   Zhang, Zhongshi ^a   Wei, Jianjing ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Eolian deposit; Loess; Magnetostratigraphy; Vermiculated red soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748848914     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0183     Document Type: Article

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