Isotopic characteristics of river sediments on the Tibetan Plateau

Chemical Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Wu, Weihua ^a   Xu, Shijin ^a   Yang, Jiedong ^a   Yin, Hongwei ^a   Lu, Huayu ^a   Zhang, Kaijun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Riverbed sediments; Sr Nd isotope; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE; TETHYS;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; SONGPAN-GARZE FOLD BELT; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 73749083397     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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