Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of eolian dust of the arid-semiarid areas in China: Implications for loess provenance and monsoon evolution

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1401-1412

  Rao, Wenbo ^a   Yang, Jiedong ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Li, Gaojun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid semiarid areas; Eolian dust; Loess; Monsoon; Sr Nd isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748926118     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2008-1     Document Type: Article

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