Clastic sediment source characterisation using discrete and included magnetic particles - Their relationship to conventional petrographic methods in early Pleistocene fluvial-glacial sediments, Upper Don River Basin (Russia)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 13-14 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 961-971

  Alekseeva, Veronika A ^a   Hounslow, Mark W ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Heavy minerals; Magnetic inclusions; Quartz micromorphology; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ;

GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; MAGNETIC PARTICLES;

SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE;

DON BASIN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 4143081431     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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