Clay-sized Hf-Nd-Sr isotopic composition of Mongolian dust as a fingerprint for regional to hemispherical transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5661-5669

  Zhao, Wancang ^a,b   Sun, Youbin ^c   Balsam, William ^d   Zeng, Lin ^a   Lu, Huayu ^a   Otgonbayar, Khureldavaa ^e   Ji, Junfeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ningxia Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

airborne dust transport; Asian dust sources; clay sized fractions; Hf Nd Sr isotopic composition; Mongolian dust; the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DUST; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

AIRBORNE DUSTS; ASIAN DUST; CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT; CLAY-SIZED FRACTIONS; MONGOLIANS; SR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLAY SOIL; DESERT; DUST; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOESS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GREENLAND; HULUN BUIR DESERT; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84938151868     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064357     Document Type: Article

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