Thickness of calcium carbonate coats on stones of the Heishanxia terraces of the Yellow River and dating of coarse clastic sedimentary geomorphic surfaces

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1594-1600

  Xing, Cheng ^a,b   Yin, Gongming ^b   Ding, Guoyu ^a,b   Lu, Yanchou ^b   Shen, Xuhui ^a   Tian, Qinjian ^a   Chai, Zhizhang ^c   Wei, Kaibo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c Seismological Bureau of Ningxia Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

Dating method of carbonate coats on stones; Geomorphic surfaces; Heishanxia gorge; Soil development; Yellow River terraces

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RIVER; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0036813576     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9350     Document Type: Article

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