OSL chronology of loess deposits in East China and its implications for East Asian monsoon history

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Zhang, WeiGuo ^b   Chen, Xi ^a,b   Jia, YuLian ^c   Liu, XiangJun ^a   Fan, QiShun ^a   Long, Hao ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; East China; Loess; Luminescence dating; Quartz OSL

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIATION; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ;

CHINA;

EID: 77649338462     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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