Red ratings for loess-paleosol sequences on China's Loess Plateau and their paleo-climatic implications

Pedosphere

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-440

  Hu, Xue Feng ^a   Lu, Hua Yu ^a,b   Xu, Qi ^a,b   Dong, Li Jing ^a,b   Hu, Xing ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Hematite; Loess Plateau; Loess paleosol sequences; Magnetic susceptibility; Red ratings

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 7444234944     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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