The approximate age of the planation surface and the incision of the Yellow River

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 356-357, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-61

  Pan, Baotian ^a   Hu, Zhenbo ^a,b   Wang, Junping ^c   Vandenberghe, Jef ^b   Hu, Xiaofei ^a   Wen, Yuhua ^a   Li, Qiong ^a   Cao, Bo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Jinshaan Canyon; Loess; Planation surface; Terrace; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLANTATION; PLIOCENE; TERRACE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 84865864599     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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