Magnetic properties of tidal flat sediments of the Yangtze Estuary and its relationship with particle size

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 954-966

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Yu, Lizhong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Particle size; Sediments; The Yangtze Estuary; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; TIDES;

POLLUTANTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARY; OUTLET; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWER;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 0347517470     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0567     Document Type: Article

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