Magnetic properties of muddy sediments on the northeastern continental shelves of China: Implication for provenance and transportation

Marine Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 107-119

  Wang, Yonghong ^a,b   Dong, Hailiang ^c,d   Li, Guangxue ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^e   Oguchi, Takashi ^f   Bao, Min ^a   Jiang, Hongchen ^c   Bishop, Michael E ^d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic properties; Mud deposits; Northeastern continental shelves of China; Provenance and transportation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MAGNETOSOMES; BOHAI SEA; COASTAL PROCESS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FERRIMAGNETIC GRAINS; GRANULOMETRIES; HYDRODYNAMIC TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC GRAINS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; MUD DEPOSIT; MUDDY SEDIMENTS; MULTI DOMAINS; NORTHEASTERN CONTINENTAL SHELVES OF CHINA; PROVENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION; SATURATION ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SINGLE DOMAINS; STUDY AREAS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC GRAINS; YELLOW SEA; ZHEJIANG;

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; GEOMAGNETISM; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; RIVER CONTROL; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRANULOMETRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MUD; PROVENANCE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; FUJIAN; KOREA STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW SEA; ZHEJIANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954863676     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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