Surface textures of heavy-mineral grains: A new contribution to provenance studies

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 223-235

  Moral Cardona, Jose Pedro ^a   Gutierrez Mas J M ^a   Sanchez Bellon A ^a   Dominguez Bella S ^a   Martinez Lopez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; Provenance; Quartz; Surface textures

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERAL; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SURFACE LAYER; TEXTURE;

EID: 14244250115     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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