Regional distribution of the Quaternary Red Clay with aeolian dust characteristics in subtropical China and its paleoclimatic implications

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 317-334

  Hu, Xue Feng ^a   Wei, Ji ^b   Du, Yan ^b   Xu, Liang Feng ^b   Wang, Hong Bo ^c   Zhang, Gan Lin ^a   Ye, Wei ^d   Zhu, Li Dong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust deposits; Quaternary Red Clay (QRC); The Quaternary period; The Yangtze Valley; Xiashu Loess

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUSTS; QUATERNARY PERIOD; RED CLAY; THE YANGTZE VALLEY; XIASHU LOESS;

DEPOSITS; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; TROPICS; WEATHERING;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; NITROGEN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUATERNARY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 78649450009     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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