Critical evaluation of six tectonic setting discrimination diagrams using geochemical data of Neogene sediments from known tectonic settings

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-129

  Armstrong Altrin, John S ^a   Verma, Surendra P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DSDP; Japan; Mexico; ODP; Papua New Guinea; Sand geochemistry; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT;

EID: 20344400110     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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