Formation of the Yellow River, inferred from loess-palaeosol sequence in Mangshan and lacustrine sediments in Sanmen Gorge, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-70

  Jiang, Fuchu ^a,b   Fu, Jianli ^a   Wang, Shubing ^a   Sun, Donghuai ^c   Zhao, Zhizhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GORGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOESS; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTATION;

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

EID: 36549051207     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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