Mineralogy, major and trace element geochemistry of riverbed sediments in the headwaters of the Yangtze, Tongtian River and Jinsha River

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 611-621

  Wu, Weihua ^a   Xu, Shijun ^a   Lu, Huayu ^a   Yang, Jiedong ^a   Yin, Hongwei ^a   Liu, Wen ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Geological Survey of Jiangsu Province   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Major and trace elements; Mineral assemblage; Riverbed sediments; The Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GABBRO; HEADWATER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; JINSHA RIVER; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TONGTIAN RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 78650575197     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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