Rare earth elements in the surface sediments of the Yarlung Tsangbo (Upper Brahmaputra River) sediments, southern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary International

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Li, Chaoliu ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a,b   Wang, Feiyue ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; MONAZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGETIC PLAIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349820500     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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