Stream response to Quaternary tectonic and climatic change: Evidence from the upper Weihe River, central China

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Gao, Hongshan ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Pan, Baotian ^a   Wang, Yong ^a,b   Yu, Yongtao ^c   Li, Jijun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STREAMFLOW; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LONGXI; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; WEI RIVER;

EID: 45449115918     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.046     Document Type: Article

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