A rock magnetic study of loess from the West Kunlun Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Zan, Jinbo ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^b   Yang, Shengli ^c   Nie, Junsheng ^a,d   Li, Xiangyu ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77958596473     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007184     Document Type: Article

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