Calibration of modelled mixing patterns in loess grain-size distributions: An example from the north-eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1361-1374

  Vriend, Mirjam ^a   Prins, Maarten A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End member modelling; Grain size distribution; Laser diffraction particle sizer; Loess; Mixtures; Unmixing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MODELING; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 33745245041     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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