Rare earth elements in bottom sediments of major rivers around the Yellow Sea: Implications for sediment provenance

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Xu, Zhaokai ^a,b   Lim, Dhongil ^c   Choi, Jinyong ^a   Yang, Shouye ^d   Jung, Hoisoo ^c  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MARGINAL SEAS; PRIMARY CONTROL; PRIMARY SOURCES; REE CONTENT; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SHELF SEDIMENT; SOURCE ROCKS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; YELLOW SEA;

CATCHMENTS; EUROPIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; RIVER CONTROL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EUROPIUM; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 70349234194     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0142-x     Document Type: Article

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