The magnetic properties of loess and paleosol samples from the Chinese Loess Plateau spanning the last 22 million years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 389-404

  Hao, Qingzhen ^a,b   Oldfield, Frank ^b   Bloemendal, Jan ^b   Guo, Zhengtang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Environmental magnetism; Loess; Neogene; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

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

EID: 41149141261     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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