Cathodoluminescence investigations and trace-element analysis of quartz by micro-pixe: Implications for diagenetic and provenance studies in Sandstone

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1223-1232

  Bruhn, Frank ^a   Bruckschen, Peter ^a   Meijer, Jan ^a   Stephan, Andreas ^a   Richter, Detlev K ^a   Veizer, Ján ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authigenic quartz; Cathodoluminescence microscopy; Detrital quartz; Diagenesis; Micro PIXE; Proton microprobe; Provenance studies; Quartz arenite; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGENESIS; MICRO-PIXE; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0030418737     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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