Holocene aeolian loess and its pedogenic modification in the Upper Hanjiang River Valley, China

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1562-1573

  Pang, Jiangli ^a   Huang, Chunchang ^a   Zhou, Yali ^a   Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Wang, Chaojian ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediments; Holocene; Pedogenic modification; Upper Hanjiang River Valley

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FIELD SURVEY; HOLOCENE; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROFILE; TERRACE;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI;

EID: 84864393273     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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