Quartz features constrain the origin of terra rossa over dolomite on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 156-167

  Feng, Jin Liang ^a   Zhu, Li Ping ^a   Cui, Zhi Jiu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Clay mineral; Gibbsite; Isotopic tracing; Quartz morphology; Quartz oxygen isotope; Quartz particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; DOLOMITE; GIBBSITE; LEACHING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; TERRA ROSSA; TEXTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 67650957602     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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