Climate implications of major geochemical elements in the Holocene sediments of the North and East China monsoonal regions

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Sun, Qianli ^a,b   Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Feng, Wu ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Major element; Monsoon precipitation

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; DAIHAI LAKE; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 68249160830     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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