Seasonal variation in the mineralogy of the suspended particulate matter of the lower Changjiang river at Nanjing, China

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-706

  Mao, Changping ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Yuan, Xuyin ^b   Yang, Zhongfang ^c   Balsam, William ^d,e   Ji, Junfeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Changjiang River; Erosion; Mineralogy; Seasonality; Suspended Particulate Matter

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG RIVER; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DRY SEASONS; FLOOD SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LARGE RIVERS; MINERAL CONTENT; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINOR COMPONENTS; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SMECTITES; SOURCE AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TOTAL IRONS; WATER DISCHARGES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; EROSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON ORES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINITY; EROSION; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SMECTITE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 78650442581     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2010.0580508     Document Type: Article

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