Paleomagnetic and mineral magnetic investigation of the Baicaoyuan loess-paleosol sequence of the western Chinese loess plateau over the last glacial-interglacial cycle and its geological implications

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Deng, Chenglong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Episodic loess accumulation; Last glacial interglacial cycle; Magnetic overprinting; Mineral magnetism; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749121388     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001928     Document Type: Article

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