The dust provenance and transport mechanism for the Chengdu Clay in the Sichuan Basin, China

Catena

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-80

  Feng, Jin Liang ^a   Hu, Zhao Guo ^a   Ju, Jian Ting ^a   Lin, Yong Chong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chengdu Clay; Chinese Loess Plateau; Dust transport; Loess; Sichuan Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KATABATIC FLOW; LOESS; PROVENANCE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84901424580     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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