Magnetic properties and geochemistry of the Xiashu Loess in the present subtropical area of China, and their implications for pedogenic intensity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 86-97

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Yu, Lizhong ^a   Lu, Min ^b   Zheng, Xiangmin ^b   Shi, Yuxin ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; geochemistry; loess; magnetic properties; pedogenic intensity; Xiashu Loess

Indexed keywords

HARD ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PEDOGENIC INTENSITY; XIASHU LOESS;

CHINA; CLIMATOLOGY; COERCIVE FORCE; FERRIMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LANDFORMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34447281273     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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