Sedimentary characteristics of the Pleistocene outwash accumulation and their implications for Paleoclimate change in the midstream of Dadu River, Southwestern China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 924-931

  Tu, Guoxiang ^a   Huang, Runqiu ^a   Deng, Hui ^a   Li, Yanrong ^b  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Outwash accumulations; Paleoclimate changes; Sedimentary properties

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOACCUMULATION; OUTWASH; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SITE INVESTIGATION;

CHINA; DADU RIVER; SICHUAN;

EID: 84867366181     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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