Links between bulk sediment particle size and magnetic grain-size: General observations and implications for Chinese loess studies

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2091-2106

  Oldfield, Frank ^a   Hao, Qingzhen ^a,b   Bloemendal, Jan ^a   Gibbs Eggar, Zoë ^a,c   Patil, Shiva ^a,d   Guo, Zhengtang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c The Cedars   (United Kingdom)

^d KS Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory (IIG)   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Granulometry; Loess; Magnetic grainsize; Pedogenesis; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; GRAINSIZE; GRANULOMETRY; LOESS; PEDOGENESIS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FERRIMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULOMETRY; LOESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERAL PROPERTY; MIOCENE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING RATE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77649337853     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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