Mineralogical and pedogenetic evidence for palaeoenvironmental variations during the Holocene on the Loess Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-56

  Huang, Chuan Qin ^a,b,c   Zhao, Wei ^a   Li, Feng Yi ^b   Tan, Wen Feng ^a,b   Wang, Ming Kuang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP); Clay mineral; Holocene paleosol; Pedogenic environment; Regional climate; Soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHERING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 84861008690     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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