Stages in the life of a magnetic grain: Sediment source discrimination, particle size effects and spatial variability in the South African Karoo

Geoderma

Volumn 271, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-143

  Pulley, Simon ^a   Rowntree, Kate ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Mineral magnetism; Soil formation; Source tracing

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; WEATHERING;

DIAGENESIS; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECT; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOURCE DISCRIMINATION; SOURCE TRACING; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

DIABASE; DIAGENESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PARENT MATERIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84959422144     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.02.015     Document Type: Article

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