Variations in trace element (including rare earth element) concentrations with grain sizes in loess and their implications for tracing the provenance of eolian deposits

Quaternary International

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 116-126

  Feng, Jin Liang ^a   Hu, Zhao Guo ^a   Ju, Jian Ting ^a   Zhu, Li Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 79953043979     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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