Origin of the red earth sequence on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its implications for regional aridity since the middle Miocene

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-517

  Wang, Xianyan ^a,f   Lu, Huayu ^a,b   Ji, Junfeg ^b   Wang, Xiaoyong ^a,f   Zhao, Jingbo ^c   Huang, Baochun ^d   Li, Zhen ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposit; Aridity of Asia; Northeastern tibetan plateau; Red Earth deposit; The middle miocene

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUARTZ; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NORTHEAST TIBETAN PLATEAU; RED EARTH DEPOSIT;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ARIDITY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

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

MICAS;

EID: 33750596873     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0505-3     Document Type: Article

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