SAR TT-OSL dating of the loess deposits in the Horqin dunefield (northeastern China)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-61

  Yi, Shuangwen ^a   Lu, Huayu ^a   Stevens, Thomas ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Horqin dunefield; Late Quaternary; Loess deposition; Palaeoclimate change; SAR TT OSL

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITION; DUNE FIELD; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 84863781957     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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