New correlations of Telychian (Silurian) bentonites in Estonia

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-251

  Kallaste, Toivo ^a   Kiipli, Tarmo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Correlation; K bentonite; Sanidine; Telychian

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; NOMENCLATURE; SANIDINE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749052784     PISSN: 14060132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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