Provenance of the Triassic Songpan-Ganzi flysch, west China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 159-175

  She, Zhenbing ^a   Ma, Changqian ^a   Mason, Roger ^a   Li, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Guocan ^a   Lei, Yuhong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Kunlun; Flysch; Geochemistry; Provenance; Songpan Ganzi; West China

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FLYSCH; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRIASSIC; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SONGPAN-GANZI BASIN;

EID: 33745210147     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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