Aragonite-calcite transformation in fossil snail shells of loess sequences in Loess Plateau, Central China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 891-895

  Sheng, Xuefen ^a   Chen, Jun ^b   Cai, Yuanfeng ^b   Chen, Yang ^b   Ji, Junfeng ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aragonite calcite transformation; Loess; Loess Plateau; Snail shell; Stratigraphic boundary

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33749650569     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0478     Document Type: Article

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