Origin of iron-oxide and silicate melt rocks in Paleogene sediments of southern Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1005-1013

  Piepjohn, Karsten ^a   Estrada, Solveig ^a   Reinhardt, Lutz ^a   von Gosen, Werner ^b   Andruleit, Harald ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; FLUORESCENCE; IRON OXIDES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

IRON-OXIDE ROCKS; KARSTIFICATION; PALEOGENE SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MELT ROCKS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COAL SEAM; IRON OXIDE; PALEOGENE; SILICATE MELT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

FRANKLINIA;

EID: 35448935239     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-005     Document Type: Article

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