A mineral tracer toward high-resolution dust provenance on the Chinese Loess Plateau: SEM, TEM, and sulfur isotopes of sulfate inclusions in biotite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Jeong, Gi Young ^a,c   Lee, Kwang Sik ^b  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Barite; Biotite; Celestine; Loess; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BARITE; BARIUM ALLOYS; BARIUM SULFATE; BINARY ALLOYS; BIOTITE; DUST; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MICA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACERS;

CELESTINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOESS; PROVENANCE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS;

BARIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

BIOTITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DUST; HETEROGENEITY; LOESS; MINERALOGY; PALEOSOL; PROVENANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77249085823     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3234     Document Type: Article

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