The composition of the subsurface Neogene shales of the Surma group from the Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 407-417

  Rahman, M Julleh Jalalur ^a   Faupl, P ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bengal Basin; Major element; Mineralogical composition; Recycled source; Sylhet Trough; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CLAY MINERAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; NEOGENE; SHALE; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037303152     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00190-2     Document Type: Article

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