Mass accumulation rate and monsoon records from Xifeng, Chinese Loess Plateau, based on a luminescence age model

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 391-405

  Stevens, Thomas ^a   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^b,c   Lu, Huayu ^d   Thiel, Christine ^e   Murray, Andrew ^b   Frechen, Manfred ^e   Yi, Shuangwen ^d   Zeng, Lin ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; dust MAR; East Asian monsoon; luminescence dating; OSL

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DUST; GRAIN SIZE; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; TELECONNECTION;

CHINA; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU; XIFENG;

EID: 84975299129     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2848     Document Type: Article

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