Luminescence dating of sand-loess sequences and response of Mu Us and Otindag sand fields (north China) to climatic changes

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-344

  Zhou, Yali ^a,d   Lu, Huayu ^a   Zhang, Jiafu ^b   Mason, Joseph A ^c   Zhou, Liping ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Dry climate events; Late Quaternary; North China; Optical dating; Sand loess system

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SANDY LOAM; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS; OTINDAG;

EID: 66249099228     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1234     Document Type: Article

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