
%0 Journal Article
%A Kiefert, L 
%A Mctainsh, GH 
%T Oxygen isotope abundance in the quartz fraction of aeolian dust: implications for soil and ocean sediment formation in the Australasian region
%J Soil Research
%D 1996/08/01
%V 34
%N 4
%P 467-473
%K aeolian dust, oxygen isotope, soil formation, ocean sediments.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9960467
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SR9960467 
%X 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. 
