Clay mineralogy and geochemistry and their palaeoclimatic interpretation of the Pleistocene deposits in the Xuancheng section, southern China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-674

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Gu, Yansheng ^a   Li, Rongbiao ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Laterite; Palaeoclimate; Pleistocene; Xuancheng

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LATERITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANHUI; CHINA; XUANCHENG;

EID: 78649449303     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1340     Document Type: Article

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