Rare earth elements of aeolian deposits in Northern China and their implications for determining the provenance of dust storms in Beijing

Geomorphology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-377

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Li, Chaozhu ^a   Song, Yuling ^b   Zhu, Heping ^a   Jin, Xindi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NINGXIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dust storm; Loess; Northern China; Rare earth element (REE); Sandy land

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; BASHANG; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; HUNSHANDAKE DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 34249032531     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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