Geochemistry and provenance of the Middle Ordovician Austin Glen Member (Normanskill Formation) and the Taconian Orogeny in New England

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 635-655

  Bock, Barbara ^a   Mclennan, S M ^a   Hanson, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLYSCH; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TACONIC OROGENY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032437362     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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