Using whole rock geochemistry to locate the source of igneous erratics from drumlins on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia

Boreas

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 308-325

  Stea, Rudolph R ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUMLIN; ERRATIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; SPECTRA; TILL;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0033150935     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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