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Comparison of major and trace components of Chinese and Canadian soils

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INAA was used to determine 32 major and trace elements in 21 soil samples collected from the Loess Plateau, China, and Ontario, Canada. The elemental concentrations determined in different layers of each soil, have been used for comparison in order to find out the general characteristics and any significant differences between Canadian and Chinese soils which developed from similar parent materials. This data can be useful to pedologists and geochemists to study the elemental behaviours and the influences of climate and environment on soil formation. Effort is directed to applying a statistical factor pattern recognition method to these soils for possible use in future soil erosion and transport studies in China. From this study, four soil factors were resolved each for the Chinese and Canadian soils.

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  1. Puling Liu

    Present address: Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Academia Sinica, X'ian, P.R. China

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Canada

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Liu, P., Jervis, R.E. Comparison of major and trace components of Chinese and Canadian soils. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 161, 215–225 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034894

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