Consistent grain size distribution of pedogenic maghemite of surface soils and Miocene loessic soils on the Chinese loess plateau

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Nie, Junsheng ^a,b   Song, Yougui ^c   King, John W ^b   Egli, Ramon ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARM; Loess plateau; Maghemite; Magnetic susceptibility; Miocene loess

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PEDOGENESIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURFACE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77449142309     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1304     Document Type: Article

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