Palaeodunes intercalated in loess strata from the western Chinese Loess Plateau: Timing and palaeoclimatic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-45

  Long, Hao ^a,b,c   Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Fuchs, Markus ^b   Zhang, JingRan ^a,c   Yang, Linhai ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84861482438     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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