Origin of terra rossa on Amdo North Mountain on the Tibetan plateau, China: Evidence from quartz

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-420

  Feng, Jin Liang ^a   Zhu, Li Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Origin; Oxygen isotope composition; Quartz; Terra rossa; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549086787     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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