Evaluating the use of clay mineralogy, Sr-Nd isotopes and zircon U-Pb ages in tracking dust provenance: An example from loess of the Carpathian Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 304-305, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-96

  Ujvári, Gábor ^a   Varga, Andrea ^b   Ramos, Frank C ^c   Kovács, János ^b   Németh, Tibor ^a,d   Stevens, Thomas ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Carpathian Basin; Clay minerals; Provenance; Quaternary loess; Sr Nd isotopes; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

CARPATHIAN BASIN; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY LOESS; SR-ND ISOTOPES; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DUST; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; WEATHERING; ZIRCON;

STRONTIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLAY MINERAL; DOLOMITE; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOESS; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WEATHERING;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; DANUBE BASIN;

EID: 84857702616     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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