Comparisons of grain size characteristics of red earth from southern China with that of loess and dune sand from Beijing region

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1690-1693

  Xiong, Shangfa ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^a   Liu, Dongsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dune sand; Grain size; Loess; Red earth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001624994     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03183492     Document Type: Review

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