Isochron dating of sand-loess-soil deposits from the Mu Us Desert margin, central China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 556-563

  Li, Bo ^a   Li, Sheng Hua ^a   Sun, Jimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Inner Mongolia; Isochron dating; Luminescence; Mu Us Desert

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SANDY SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS;

EID: 80054858191     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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