Nd and Sr isotopic compositions of sediments from the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers: Implications for partitioning tectonic terranes and crust weathering of the Central and Southeast China

MENG Xianwei1, LIU Yanguang2, SHI Xuefa2, DU Dewen2

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Front. Earth Sci. ›› DOI: 10.1007/s11707-008-0054-5

Nd and Sr isotopic compositions of sediments from the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers: Implications for partitioning tectonic terranes and crust weathering of the Central and Southeast China

  • MENG Xianwei1, LIU Yanguang2, SHI Xuefa2, DU Dewen2
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New Nd and Sr isotope data are presented in this paper for sediments from the Yellow and Yangtze River drainage basins. The average 143Nd/144Nd isotope compositions of fine-grained sediments from two drainage basins seem similar. The

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MENG Xianwei, LIU Yanguang, SHI Xuefa, DU Dewen. Nd and Sr isotopic compositions of sediments from the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers: Implications for partitioning tectonic terranes and crust weathering of the Central and Southeast China. Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-008-0054-5

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