Characterizing and quantifying iron oxides in Chinese loess/paleosols: Implications for pedogenesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-283

  Hu, Pengxiang ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^a   Torrent, José ^b   Barrón, Vidal ^b   Jin, Chunsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Dissolution; Magnetic iron oxides; Pedogenesis; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

CHINESE LOESS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC IRON OXIDES; PEDOGENESIS; ROCK MAGNETISM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COERCIVE FORCE; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETITE; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

HEMATITE;

DISSOLUTION; FERRIHYDRITE; GOETHITE; GRAIN SIZE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; LOESS; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; LUOCHUAN; SHAANXI;

EID: 84878198032     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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