Distribution, lithology and provenance of peridesert loess deposits in northeastern Iran

Geoderma

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 241-250

  Karimi, Alireza ^a   Khademi, Hossein ^a   Kehl, Martin ^b   Jalalian, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iran; Loess; Loess provenance; Quartz microtexture; Silty deposits

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; FERTILIZERS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GYPSUM; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHERING;

AEOLIAN DEPOSITS; COARSE SILTS; GEOCHEMICAL DATUMS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEOMORPHIC POSITIONS; IRAN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LOESS; LOESS PROVENANCE; PALYGORSKITE; PARTICLE SIZE CHANGES; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; QUARTZ GRAINS; SILTY DEPOSITS; STUDY AREAS; WEATHERING PROCESSES;

QUARTZ DEPOSITS;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOESS; MARL; PALYGORSKITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTY SOIL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KHORASAN; MASHHAD; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 57749180629     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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