Elemental compositions and monazite age patterns of core sediments in the Changjiang Delta: Implications for sediment provenance and development history of the Changjiang River

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 762-776

  Yang, Shouye ^a   Li, Congxian ^a   Yokoyama, Kazumi ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Changjiang; geochemistry; monazite; Quaternary; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG RIVER; CORE SEDIMENTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

BASALT; BOREHOLES; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MONAZITE; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; MONAZITE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 33646512634     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.042     Document Type: Article

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