Oxygen isotopic compositions of quartz in the sand seas and sandy lands of northern China and their implications for understanding the provenances of aeolian sands

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Fu, Xudong ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand; China; Oxygen isotope; Sand provenance; Sand seas; Sandy land

Indexed keywords

DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOESS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SAMPLING; SANDY SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 54249134330     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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