Characteristics and formation mechanism of pedogenic hematite in Quaternary Chinese loess and paleosols

Catena

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Chen, Tianhu ^a   Xie, Qiaoqin ^a   Xu, Huifang ^b   Chen, Jun ^c   Ji, Junfeng ^c   Lu, Huayu ^c   Balsam, William ^d  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematite; Loess; Magnetite; Paleosol; Quaternary paleoclimate; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEHYDRATION; FERRIHYDRITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HEMATITE; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; SILICATE MINERAL; SOIL AGGREGATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77957312906     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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