Comparative study on the late Cenozoic red clay deposits from China and Central Europe (Hungary)

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-382

  Kovács, János ^a   Varga, György ^a   Dezso, József ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposits; China; Hungary; Palaeoenvironment; Pliocene; Red clay

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; HUNGARY;

HIPPARION;

EID: 77953281984     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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