A review of heavy minerals in clastic sediments with case studies from the alluvial-fan through the nearshore-marine environments

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-132

  Dill, Harald G ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Heavy minerals; Hydrothermal alteration; Paleoenvironment; Provenance analysis; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; HEAVY MINERAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032463279     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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