Magnetic Susceptibility and Mineral Zonations Controlled by Provenance in Loess along the Illinois and Central Mississippi River Valleys

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-36

  Grimley, David A ^a   Follmer, Leon R ^a   McKay, E Donald ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERAL ZONATION;

EID: 0031748968     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1947     Document Type: Article

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