Palaeoenvironmental implication of the Plio-Pleistocene loess deposits in southern Tarim Basin

• Published in: Chinese science bulletin Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 700 - 704
• Main Authors: Zheng, Hongbo, Chen, Huizhong, Cao, Junji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Springer Nature B.V 01.04.2002
• Subjects: Basins; Deposition; Grain size distribution; Loess; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Siltstone; Size distribution; Surface properties

The sedimentary characteristics, grain-size distribution, geochemical composition and surface characteristics of quartz grains, together with palaeoenvironmental reconnaissance, all point to an aeolian origin for the intercalated siltstone beds in the Plio-Pleistocene Artux and Xiyu Formations along...