Sediment provenance in the River Eden catchment, Scotland, using chemical characterization of Fe-Ti oxide minerals and magnetic measurements

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-148

  Martinez Monasterio E ^a   Duck, R W ^b   Stephens, W E ^a   Walden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MINERAL; PROVENANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750693714     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg42020137     Document Type: Article

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