Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic clay mineral successions of southern Iran and their palaeoclimatic implications

Clay Minerals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-203

  Khormali, F ^a   Abtahi, A ^b   Owliaie, H R ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Iran; Palaeoclimate; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; KAOLIN; MINERAL RESOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMID CLIMATE; KAOLINITE; PALEOCLIMATE;

CLAY;

CENOZOIC; CLAY MINERAL; MESOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 21344459804     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855054020165     Document Type: Article

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