Provenance of Upper Precambrian-Lower Cambrian shales in the Central Iberian Zone, Spain: Evidence from a chemical and isotopic study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-70

  Ugidos, J M ^a   Valladares, M I ^a   Recio, C ^a   Rogers, G ^b   Fallick, A E ^b   Stephens, W E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b SURRC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Spain; Major; Oxygen isotopes; REE; Shales; Sm Nd isotopes; Trace

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; SHALE;

SPAIN, CENTRAL IBERIAN ZONE;

EID: 0031004591     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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