Petrogenesis of sediments in the absence of chemical weathering: Effects of abrasion and sorting on bulk composition and mineralogy

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-358

  Nesbitt, H Wayne ^a   Young, Grant M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; FLUVIOGLACIAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; SORTING;

EID: 0029753781     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-12.x     Document Type: Article

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