Paleomagnetic dating of the topmost terrace in Kouma, Henan and its indication to the Yellow River's running through Sanmen Gorges

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 657-664

  Pan, Baotian ^a   Wang, Jumping ^a   Gao, Hongshan ^a   Guan, Qingyu ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Su, Huai ^a   Li, Bingyuan ^b   Li, Jijun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Dating; Paleomagnetism; Run through; Terrace; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749683950     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0290     Document Type: Article

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