Geochemical characteristics of the eolian deposits in southern China, and their implications for provenance and weathering intensity

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 513-523

  Qiao, Yansong ^a,b   Hao, Qingzhen ^c   Peng, Shasha ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Li, Jingwei ^a   Liu, Zongxiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Neotectonic Movement and Geohazard   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Eolian deposit; Geochemistry; Provenance; The middle lower Yangtze River; Weathering intensity

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PROTOLITH; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79960743861     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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