Magnetic minerals in Calcic Luvisols (Chromic) developed in a warm Mediterranean region of Spain: Origin and paleoenvironmental significance

Geoderma

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 465-472

  Torrent, J ^a   Liu, Q S ^b   Barron V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hematite; Maghemite; Magnetic susceptibility; Magnetism; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; AEROBIC CONDITION; CONCENTRATION OF; FERRIHYDRITES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MAGHEMITE; MAGHEMITES; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; PARENT MATERIALS; SMECTITES; SOIL FORMATIONS; SUBMICRON; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TRANSFORMATION MODEL;

CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SOILS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; WEATHERING;

MAGNETISM;

CHROMATE; GOETHITE; GRAIN SIZE; HEMATITE; LUVISOL; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SPAIN;

EID: 72249120676     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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