The effects of source rocks and chemical weathering on the petrogenesis of siliciclastic sand from the Neto River (Calabria, Italy): Implications for provenance studies

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 357-378

  Le Pera, Emilia ^a   Arribas, Josè ^b   Critelli, Salvatore ^c   Tortosa, Amparo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Chemical weathering; Fluvial basin; Italy; Provenance; Sand; Weathering profiles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; PETROGENESIS; PROVENANCE; SAND; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK;

ITALY;

EID: 0035012768     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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