Holocene palaeoflood events recorded by slackwater deposits along the lower Jinghe River valley, middle Yellow River basin, China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 485-493

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Zhou, Yali ^a   Su, Hongxia ^b   Zhang, Yuzhu ^a   Wang, Hengsong ^a   Gu, Hongliang ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic event; Holocene; Palaeoflood; Slackwater deposit; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; JING RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84863465512     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2536     Document Type: Article

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