Title: Aeolian sediments in the quaternary record: An introduction
Abstract: Abstract Investigation of aeolian successions is providing insight into Quaternary changes at the land-atmosphere interface. This is proving to be a valuable source of information not only on shifting desert margins but on changes of global extent. Recent work on the thick loess-paleosol sequences of central and eastern Asia has established them as sensitive indicators of changes in the semi-arid/sub-humid zone that provide a key to changes in the global circulation. Some sequences in western China promise climate-proxy data approaching in resolution that of recent ice core records. Questions considered include the provenance of loess particles, the resolution and sensitivity of the aeolian record including granulometry, magnetic properties and degree of palaeosol development, luminescence dating and aminostratigraphy of loess and sands, and the problem of inter-regional correlation of the aeolian accumulation record in China and Tadjikistan. Examples of the aeolian Quaternary record are presented from North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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