Loess deposits, origins and properties

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1405-1418

  Muhs, D R ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLACIAL CYCLES; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; PALAEOSOLS; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; PROPERTY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 85079779762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00158-7     Document Type: Chapter

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