Chronostratigraphy of loess deposits in northeast Iran

Quaternary International

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Karimi, Alireza ^a   Frechen, Manfred ^b   Khademi, Hossein ^a   Kehl, Martin ^c   Jalalian, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

IRAN;

EID: 79951944174     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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