Thorium isotopes (228Th, 230Th, 232Th) and applications in reconstructing the Yangtze and Yellow River floods

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 588-595

  Yang, Wei feng ^a   Chen, Min ^a   ZHang, Xin xing ^a   Guo, Zhi gang ^b   Li, Guang xue ^c   Ma, Qiang ^a   Yang, Jun hong ^a   Huang, Yi pu ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Flood; Thorium; Yangtze River; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893395267     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(14)60015-9     Document Type: Article

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