Mid-pleistocene vermiculated red soils in southern China as an indication of unusually strengthened East Asian monsoon

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-220

  Yin, Qiuzhen ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Micromorphology; Mid Pleistocene; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Vermiculated red soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748875810     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-005-0490-5     Document Type: Review

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