Source, transport, and weathering influences upon grain-size and heavy mineral trends in glacial deposits of southwestern Sweden

GFF

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Lång, Lars Ove ^a   Stevens, Rodney L ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glaciofluvial; Heavy minerals; Mineral stability; Provenance; Selective sorting; Southwestern sweden; Till; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005879282     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899901212145     Document Type: Article

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