The composition of shales from the Ordos Basin, China: Effects of source weathering and diagenesis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-141

  Zhang, Lifei ^a   Sun, Min ^b   Wang, Shiguang ^a   Yu, Xueyuan ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Ordos basin of China; REE; Shales; Source weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004989414     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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