The age of formation of the mirabilite and sand wedges in the Hexi Corridor and their paleoclimatic interpretation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1439-1445

  Wang, Nai'ang ^a,b   Zhang, Jianming ^a   Cheng, Hongyi ^a   Guo, Jianying ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Hexi Corridor; Last ice age; Mirabilite; Paleoclimatic interpretation; Sand wedges

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749873694     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0250     Document Type: Article

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