
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kiefert, L 
A1  - Mctainsh, GH 
T1  - Oxygen isotope abundance in the quartz fraction of aeolian dust: implications for soil and ocean sediment formation in the Australasian region
JF  - Soil Research
JO  - Soil Res.
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SP  - 467
EP  - 473
KW  - aeolian dust, oxygen isotope, soil formation, ocean sediments.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9960467 
N2  - Oxygen isotope ratios of quartz in soils and ocean sediments in the Australasian region have been used to infer aeolian dust contributions; however, few oxygen isotope data are available for Australian dusts. Dust isotope ratios are in the range 13.17&ndash;15.1&#8240;, which correlate well with dust-derived soils (13.6&ndash;14.5&#8240;) and dust-affected soils (11.6&ndash;11.7&#8240;) in Australia, and New Zealand (12.9&ndash;13.9&#8240;), and Pacific Ocean sediments of dust origin (12.6&ndash;15.8&#8240;). These results provide support for the hypothesis that dust deposition has played an important role in soil and ocean deposit formation in the Australasian region. 
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