Pervasive autocorrelation of the chemical index of alteration in sedimentary profiles and its palaeoenvironmental implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 670-676

  Xiao, Shangbin ^a,b   Liu, Weiguo ^a   Li, Anchun ^c   Yang, Shouye ^d   Lai, Zhongping ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Chemical index of alteration; Palaeoclimate change; Post sedimentation; Sedimentary profiles

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 74549123689     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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