Diamictite and oolitic ironstones, a sedimentary association at Ordovician-Silurian transition in the north Gondwana margin: New evidence from the inner nappe of Sardinia Variscides (Italy)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-511

  Oggiano, Giacomo ^a   Mameli, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diamictite; North Gondwana; Oolithic ironstone; Sardinia; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMICTITE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; IRONSTONE; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; OOLITE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; RIFTING; TEXTURE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 33646240334     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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