Environmental magnetic responses of urbanization processes: Evidence from lake sediments in East Lake, Wuhan, China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 873-886

  Yang, Tao ^a   Liu, Qingsheng ^b   Zeng, Qingli ^b   Chan, Lungsang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOMAGNETISM; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MINERAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC MATTER; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SEDIMENT CORE; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 70350349577     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04315.x     Document Type: Article

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