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Figure 17.9
Quaternary sedimentary facies of the Ordos Platform and the Loess Plateau, China, showing the spatial relationship
between sand and silt units (simplified from
Geomorphological Map of China and Its Adjacent Area
(scale 1 : 4M), attached to
Chen, 1993).
