SEM analysis of quartz sand grain surface textures indicates alluvial/colluvial origin of the quaternary "glacial" boulder clays at Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), east-central China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Helland, P E ^a   Huang, Pei Hua ^b   Diffendal Jr , R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 0042263392     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1916     Document Type: Article

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