Grain size, La/Yb and Th/Sc of settling particles in the western North Pacific: Evidence for lateral transport of small Asian loess

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Maeda, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Noriki, Shinichiro ^a   Narita, Hisashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain size; La Yb; Lithogenic particle; Sediment trap; Th Sc; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; OPAL; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICULATE FLUX; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; THORIUM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548454150     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0068-8     Document Type: Article

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