Yellow-brown earth on Quaternary red clay in Langxi County, Anhui Province in subtropical China: Evidence for paleoclimatic change in late Quaternary period

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 542-551

  Hu, Xue Feng ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Ye, Wei ^b   Shen, Ming Neng ^c   Zhang, Wei Guo ^c   Wang, Hong Bo ^d   Lu, Cheng Wen ^d   Zhu, Li Dong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic susceptibility ( lf); Paleoclimatic changes; Red clay (RC); Weathering indices; Zonal distribution of soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949086342     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200700017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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