Geochemistry of shales from the Archean (∼3.0 Ga) Buhwa Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: Implications for provenance and source-area weathering

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1751-1763

  Fedo, Christopher M ^a,c   Eriksson, Kenneth A ^a   Krogstad, Eirik J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; SHALE; WEATHERING;

ZIMBABWE, BUHWA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0029752204     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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