A preliminary reconstruction of the paleoecological and paleoclimatic history of the Chinese Loess Plateau from the application of biomarkers

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 161-169

  Bai, Yan ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Nie, Junsheng ^c   Wang, Yongli ^a   Wu, Fuli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian drying; Biomarker; Chinese Loess Plateau; Loess paleosol sequences; Red clay

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GRASS; KETONE; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSOL; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

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

POACEAE;

EID: 57749210200     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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