Revisiting the stratigraphic position of the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic polarity boundary in Chinese loess

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 309-317

  Jin, Chunsheng ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Marine sediments; MB transitional polarity zone; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; POLARIZATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SAMPLING; TELECONNECTION; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 78650625407     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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