Magnetic properties and relevant minerals of late Cenozoic sediments in the Yangtze River delta and their implications

Geology in China

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 670-682

  Wang, Zhang Hua ^a   Zhang, Dan ^b   Li, Xiao ^c   Tao, Shi Kang ^b   Xie, Yan ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Bailonggang basalt; Magnetic mineral; Sediment source of metamorphic rocks; Sediment source of the upper Yangtze catchment; Tectonic subsidence

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GOETHITE; GRAIN SIZE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; PYRITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 54449091662     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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