Paragenesia of Quaternary pediments and river terraces on the north piedmont of Wutai Mountains

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-530

  Zhang, ShiMin ^a,b   Ren, JunJie ^b   Nie, GaoZhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Fault scarp; Loess; Pediment; River terrace; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847680064     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0081-8     Document Type: Article

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