Sr and Nd isotopic composition of dust in Dunde ice core, Northern China: Implications for source tracing and use as an analogue of long-range transported Asian dust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 409-416

  Wu, Guangjian ^a   Zhang, Chenglong ^a   Zhang, Xuelei ^a   Tian, Lide ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Dunde ice core; Provenance; Sr and Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DUST; DESERT SAND; DUNDE ICE CORE; DUST SAMPLES; ENDMEMBERS; GREENLAND; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN CHINA; PROVENANCE; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN SHAN; REGIONAL SCALE; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE REGION; SOURCE TRACING; SR AND ND ISOTOPES; TARIM BASIN;

ICE; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

DUST;

DESERT; DUST; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78049278825     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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