Paleoenvironments indicated by the fossil mammalian assemblages from red clay-loess sequence in the Chinese Loess Plateau since 8.0 Ma B.P

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 518-530

  Xue, Xiangxu ^a,b   Zhang, Yunxiang ^a,b   Yue, Leping ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Eolianred clay loess sequence; Loess Plateau; Mammalian fossils; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLAY; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

LOESS PLATEAU; MAMMALIAN ASSEMBLAGES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RED-CLAY-LOESS SEQUENCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LOESS; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CLAY; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; FOSSILS; GRASS LANDS; MAMMALS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS;

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

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750594573     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0518-y     Document Type: Article

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