Evolving sources of eolian detritus on the Chinese Loess Plateau since early Miocene: Tectonic and climatic controls

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 371-372, Issue , 2013, Pages 220-225

  Chen, Zhong ^a,b   Li, Gaojun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Eolian source; Mountain uplift; North Hemisphere glaciation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DUST; EOLIAN SOURCE; MOUNTAIN UPLIFT; NORTH HEMISPHERE GLACIATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DEPOSITS; DUST; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

DETRITUS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GOVI-ALTAY; LOESS PLATEAU; MONGOLIA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84878509602     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.044     Document Type: Article

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