Stratigraphic control on mudrock chemistry, Kimmeridgian boulder bed succession, NE Scotland

Chemical Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 5-23

  Davies, Sarah J ^a   Pickering, Kevin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kimmeridgian; Mudrock chemistry; Stratigraphic control

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMMERIDGIAN; MUDSTONE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0032970491     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00179-X     Document Type: Article

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