Magnetostratigraphic and paleoclimatic studies on the Red Earth Formation from the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 927-935

  Zhao, ZhiZhong ^a   Qiao, YanSong ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Fu, JianLi ^a   Wang, ShuBing ^a   Li, ChaoZhu ^a   Yao, HaiTao ^a   Jiang, FuChu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengdu Plain; Magnetostratigraphy; Origin; Paleoenvironment; Vermiculated red soil

Indexed keywords

CHENGDU PLAIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; VERMICULATED RED SOIL;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BRUNHES CHRON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHENGDU; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 34447315033     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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