Radiometric dating of the late Quaternary summer monsoon on the Loess Plateau, China

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2010, Pages 87-108

  Stevens, T ^a   Lu, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYPSITHERMAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; PEDOGENESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77956041257     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP342.8     Document Type: Article

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