Timing and spatial distribution of loess and loess-like sediments in the mountain areas of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Catena

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-33

  Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a   Schulte, Philipp ^a   Zhao, Hui ^b   Hülle, Daniela ^c   Protze, Jens ^a   Stauch, Georg ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Geomorphologic processes; Holocene; Loess; Paleoclimate; Soil development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894349512     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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