Transformation relationship among different magnetic minerals within loess-paleosol sediments of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Xie, QiaoQin ^a   Chen, TianHu ^a   Xu, XiaoChun ^a   Qing, ChengSong ^b   Xu, HuiFang ^b   Sun, YuBing ^b   Ji, JunFeng ^c  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess paleosol sequence; Magnetic minerals; Mineralogy; Phase relationships

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FIELD EMISSION; HEMATITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAUX; CHINESE LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; FIELD EMISSION-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MAGNETITE , MAGHEMITE; MAGNETITE CORES; MICRO TEXTURES; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; NANO-METER SCALE; OXIDATION DEGREES; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; SOURCE AREAS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

MINERALS;

GOETHITE; HEMATITE; LOESS; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETITE; PALEOSOL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 62749134001     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0027-x     Document Type: Article

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