High resolution magnetostratigraphy of the Luochuan Ioess-paleosol sequence in the central Chinese Loess Plateau

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 888-894

  Liu, Wei Ming ^a   Zhang, Li Yuan ^a   Sun, Ji Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Loess paleosol; Magnetic polarity boundaries; Magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; SOIL SURFACE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; LUOCHUAN; SHAANXI;

EID: 78650074196     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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