Sources of non-glacial, loess-size quartz silt and the origins of "desert loess"

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 1-26

  Smith, B J ^a   Wright, J S ^b   Whalley, W B ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian abrasion; Deep weathering; Desert; Fluvial communication; Frost weathering; Loess; Salt weathering; Silt

Indexed keywords

DESERT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LOESS; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SILT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0036852491     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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