Climate and soil moisture environment during development of the fifth palaeosol in Guanzhong Plain

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 665-676

  Zhao, Jing Bo ^a,b   Gu, Jing ^a,b   Du, Juan ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Guanzhong Plain; Paleo gravity water; Paleo moisture content; Soil evaporation; The fifth palaeosol; Weathering characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PALEO-GRAVITY WATER; PALEO-MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOSOL; SOIL MOISTURE EVAPORATION; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE ZONE;

SOILS;

EVAPORATION; GRAVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

EID: 42549139913     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0047-y     Document Type: Article

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