Geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic clasts in the Permian breccias around Exeter

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 669-672

  Awad, N T ^a   Merefield, J R ^b   Scrivener, R C ^c   Stone, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clasts; Devonshire England; Geochemistry; Permian

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; PERMIAN; PETROGENESIS; PROVENANCE; VOLCANIC CLAST;

UK, ENGLAND, DEVON, EXETER;

EID: 0030497686     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0669     Document Type: Article

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