Magnetostratigraphy and palaeoclimatic significance of Late Neogene aeolian sequence of Lanzhou area

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1179-1186

  Han, Fei ^a   Sun, Dong Huai ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Chen, Fa Hu ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Zhu, Yan Hu ^b   Zhang, Yue Bao ^a   Yi, Zhi Yu ^c   Li, Zai Jun ^a   Hu, Wen Wei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Geological Survey of Gansu Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian sequence; Lanzhou area; Late neogene; Magnetostratigraphy; Uplift of tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78650101279     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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