Infilling history of a Neoproterozoic intracratonic basin: Nd isotope provenance studies of the Uinta Mountain Group, Western United States

Precambrian Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Ball, Theodore T ^a   Farmer, G Lang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Neodymium; Proterozoic; Provenance; Sedimentary rocks; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

USA;

EID: 0031867215     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00051-x     Document Type: Article

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