Petrography of quartz grains in beach and dune sands of Northland, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-660

  Kasper Zubillaga, J J ^a   Dickinson, W W ^b   Carranza Edwards, A ^a   Hornelas Orozco, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beach and dune sands; Monocrystalline quartz; New Zealand; Polycrystalline quartz; Quartz; SEM

Indexed keywords

BEACH; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 30444448566     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515139     Document Type: Article

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