Magnesium isotopic variations in loess: Origins and implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-70

  Huang, Kang Jun ^a,b   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b,c,d   Elsenouy, Amira ^c   Li, Wang Ye ^e   Bao, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Loess; Mg isotopes; Paleoclimatic change; Upper continental crustal composition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOESS; MG ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATIC CHANGE; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MIXING; SILICATE MINERALS; SORTING; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOESS; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

ARGENTINA; CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 84880631986     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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