Quantitative bulk and single-particle mineralogy of a thick Chinese loess-paleosol section: implications for loess provenance and weathering

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1271-1287

  Jeong, Gi Young ^a   Hillier, Stephen ^b   Kemp, Rob A ^c  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PHASE COMPOSITION; QUARTZ;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION; SINGLE-PARTICLE MINERALOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CALCITE; CLAY MINERAL; DOLOMITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ILLITE; LOESS; MINERALOGY; PALEOSOL; PROVENANCE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 44549084285     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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