Using 210Pb uns and 137Cs to date recent sediment cores from the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-39

  Liu, Siwen ^a   Narentuya, ^b   Xia, Bairu ^c   Chu, Guoqiang ^d   Tian, Mingzhong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Badain Jaran Desert; China; CRS model; Inner Mongolia; Salt crystallisation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MODELING; SALT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BADANJILIN DESERT; BOSTEN LAKE; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84867141778     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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