Rare earth elements in chert clasts as provenance indicators in the Ordovician and Silurian of the Southern Uplands of Scotland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 185-195

  Owen, A W ^a   Armstrong, H A ^b   Floyd, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Chert; Provenance; Rare earth elements; Southern Uplands

Indexed keywords

CHERT; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILURIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032873454     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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