Changing color of Chinese loess: Geochemical constraint and paleoclimatic significance

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1131-1138

  Sun, Youbin ^a   He, Liu ^a,b   Liang, Lianji ^a,b   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; East Asian summer monsoon; Lightness; Loess paleosol; Redness

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDE; LOESS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; SOIL COLOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79952194071     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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