The Lower Silurian Osmundsberg K-bentonite. Part II: Mineralogy, geochemistry, chemostratigraphy and tectonomagmatic significance

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Huff, Warren D ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Kolata, Dennis R ^c   Sun, Heping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SILURIAN; VOLCANIC ASH;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031943909     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675689700811X     Document Type: Article

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