Provenance of the Sardona Flysch, eastern Swiss Alps: Example of high-resolution heavy mineral analysis applied to an ultrastable assemblage

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 141-157

  Lihou, Joanne C ^a   Mange Rajetzky, Maria A ^a   Kirker, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLYSCH; HEAVY MINERAL ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; TERTIARY;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS, NORTH PENNINIC TROUGH;

EID: 0030468283     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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