Magnetic parameter variations in the Chaona loess/paleosol sequences in the central Chinese Loess Plateau, and their significance for the middle Pleistocene climate transition

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-444

  Song, Yougui ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^b,c   King, John W ^d   Li, Jijun ^b   Naoto, Ishikawa ^e   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon history; Loess paleosol sequence; Middle Pleistocene climatic transition; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MIDDLE-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATIC TRANSITION; REMANENT COERCIVITY; ROCK MAGNETISM;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; TIMESCALE;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84901824237     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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