Response of surface processes to climatic change in the dunefields and Loess Plateau of North China during the late Quaternary

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1590-1603

  Lu, Huayu ^a,b   Mason, Joseph A ^b   Stevens, Thomas ^c   Zhou, Yali ^d   Yi, Shuangwen ^a   Miao, Xiaodong ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Dunefield; Dust accumulation rate; Late Quaternary; Loess; Loess provenance; Northern China; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; DUNEFIELD; DUST ACCUMULATION RATE; LATE QUATERNARY; LOESS; LOESS PROVENANCE; NORTHERN CHINA; OSL DATING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

DUST;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 80052637812     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2168     Document Type: Article

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