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Nanosized Calcite in the Chinese Loess  

Jeong, Gi-Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.20, no.4, 2007 , pp. 255-260 More about this Journal
Abstract
The loess on the Chinese loess plateau is not only the accumulation of Asian dust but also the source materials of Hwangsa. The eolian carbonates of the loess were dissolved and reprecipitated to form secondary pedogenic carbonates by the post-depositional weathering during the interglacial time. Mineralogical analysis shows that the secondary calcites are composed mostly of a nanosized fibrous calcite with rather constant width ($30{\sim}50nm$) and highly variable length. The nano calcite is the major authigenic mineral, which occurs as the fine-grained matrix of the loess and paleosol. The nano calcite was recently reported in the Hwangsa, where it was originated from the source regions of Chinese loess plateau.
Keywords
loess; paleosol; Asian dust; calcite;
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