Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China

Ruddiman, William F. ; Hao, Q. Z. ; Wu, H. B. ; Qiao, Y. S. ; Zhu, R. X. ; Peng, S. Z. ; Wei, J. J. ; Yuan, B. Y. ; Liu, T. S. ; Guo, Z. T.

[s.l.] : Macmillian Magazines Ltd.
Published 2002
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The initial desertification in the Asian interior is thought to be one of the most prominent climate changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the Cenozoic era. But the dating of this transition is uncertain, partly because desert sediments are usually scattered, discontinuous and difficult to ...
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