Geological significance of two smectite-rich beds from Lower Cenomanian sediments, northern Aquitaine basin, France

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 873-882

  Meunier, Alain ^a   Proust, Dominique ^a   Moreau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aquitaine basin; Bentonite; Cenomanian; I S mixed layer; Rare earth

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SMECTITE; VOLCANIC ASH;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033499936     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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