Rounded cobbles that have not travelled far: Incorporation of corestones from saprolites in the South Mountain area of southern Nova Scotia, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1109-1121

  Ryan, R J ^a,b   O'Beirne Ryan, A M ^b   Zentilli, M ^b  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corestones; Granite conglomerates; Saprolites; Weathered palaeosurfaces

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONGLOMERATE; GRANITE; GRANITOID; PALEOSURFACE; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROLITE; TRIASSIC;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SOUTH MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33745253135     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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