Geochemical studies on the intensity of chemical weathering in Luochuan loess-paleosol sequence, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Chen, Jun ^a   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Qiu, Gang ^a   Lu, Huayu ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Element geochemistry; Loess; Paleosol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000382215     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02973110     Document Type: Article

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