Magnetic and geochemical characteristics of Gobi Desert surface sediments: Implications for provenance of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-282

  Maher, Barbara A ^a   Mutch, Thomas J ^a   Cunnungham, Dickson ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; DEGREE OF MIXING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EOLIAN DUST; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GOBI DESERT; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS PLATEAU; SOURCE AREA; SURFACE SAMPLE;

ARID REGIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

LANDFORMS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 69649093264     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25293A.1     Document Type: Article

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