Timing and provenance of loess in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 144-154

  Yang, Shengli ^a,b,c   Fang, Xiaomin ^b,c   Shi, Zhengtao ^d   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^e   Song, Chunhui ^c   Han, Yongxiang ^b   Han, Wenxia ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chengdu clay; Loess; Provenance; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOLOGY; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 78449249322     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.039     Document Type: Article

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