Mass-production of Cambro-Ordovician quartz-rich sandstone as a consequence of chemical weathering of Pan-African terranes: Environmental implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 818-826

  Avigad, D ^a   Sandler, A ^b   Kolodner, K ^a   Stern, R J ^c   McWilliams, M ^d   Miller, N ^c   Beyth, M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambro Ordovician; Chemical weathering; Gondwana; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; MAGMATIC CONSOLIDATION; TERRANES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING; ZIRCON;

SANDSTONE;

CAMBRIAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE;

EID: 28044458742     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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