Provenance of cretaceous synorogenic sandstones in the Eastern Alps: Constraints from framework petrography, heavy mineral analysis and mineral chemistry

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 81-111

  Von Eynatten, Hilmar ^a   Gaupp, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Eastern Alps; Heavy minerals; Petrography; Provenance; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HEAVY MINERAL; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032823664     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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