Chapter 7 Stability of Detrital Heavy Minerals During Burial Diagenesis

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-245

  Morton, Andrew C ^a,b   Hallsworth, Claire ^a  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corrosion; diagenesis; heavy minerals; provenance; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249053535     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58007-6     Document Type: Review

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