Late Quaternary aeolian activity in Gonghe Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-412

  Qiang, Mingrui ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Song, Lei ^b   Liu, Xingxing ^a   Li, Mingzhi ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian activity; Aeolian sand; Gonghe Basin; Luminescence dating; Paleosol

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN ACTIVITIES; AEOLIAN SAND; GONGHE BASIN; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL;

ARID REGIONS; DEPOSITS; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE;

SAND;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; SAND;

CHINA; GONGHE BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877111638     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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