Environmental controls on clay mineralogy of an Early Jurassic mudrock (Blue Lias Formation, southern England)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-266

  Deconinck, Jean François ^a   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^b   Debuisser, Nicolas ^a   Averbuch, Olivier ^c   Baudin, François ^d   Bessa, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Climate; Gamma ray spectrometry; Magnetic susceptibility; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; JURASSIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038795398     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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