The relationship between major element concentration and grain size within sandstones from four turbidite sequences in Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 203-215

  Kiminami, Kazuo ^a   Fujii, Kumiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composition; Geochemistry; Grain size; Major element; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; PALEOGENE; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33846838747     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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