Drastic climatic shift at ∼2.8Ma as recorded in eolian deposits of China and its implications for redefining the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary

Quaternary International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Yang, Shiling ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77952955896     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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