Stratigraphic evidence of a Megahumid climate between 10,000 and 4000 years B.P. in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Feng, Z D ^a,b   An, C B ^a   Tang, L Y ^c   Jull, A J T ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Holocene changes; Megahumid

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 8544243533     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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