Diversity of physical and chemical properties of detrital zircons and garnets in cenozoic sediments of southwestern Montana

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Basu, Abhijit ^a   Molinaroli, Emanuela ^b   Andersson, Steen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DETRITAL MINERAL; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GARNET; ZIRCON;

USA, MONTANA;

EID: 0031862972     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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