Changes in sand fractions of Binggou section and the expansion and contraction of the Tengger Desert during 50-30 ka

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Xu, Shu Jian ^a,b   Pan, Bao Tian ^a   Gao, Hong Shan ^a   Cao, Guang Jie ^b,c   Su, Huai ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expansion and contraction; Loess; OSL dating; Sand size fractions; Tengger Desert

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LOESS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SAND SIZE FRACTIONS;

SAND;

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LOESS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINLING MOUNTAINS; TENGGER DESERT; TIANSHUI;

EID: 33947530303     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1439     Document Type: Article

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