Eolian dust dispersal patterns since the last glacial period in eastern Central Asia: insights from a loess-paleosol sequence in the Ili Basin

The extensive loess deposits of the Eurasian mid-latitudes provide important terrestrial archives of Quaternary climatic change. As yet, however, loess records in Central Asia are poorly understood. Here we investigate the grain size and magnetic characteristics of loess from the Nilka (NLK) sect...

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Main Authors: Y. Li, Y. Song, K. E. Fitzsimmons, H. Chang, R. Orozbaev, X. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-03-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:https://www.clim-past.net/14/271/2018/cp-14-271-2018.pdf