Geochemistry of Middle Oligocene-Pliocene sandstones from the Nanpu Sag, Bohai Bay Basin (Eastern China): Implications for provenance, weathering, and tectonic setting

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-378

  Liu, Shilin ^a,b   Lin, Ge ^a   Liu, Yunhua ^c   Zhou, Ye ^a,b   Gong, Faxiong ^a,b   Yan, Yi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Nanpu Sag; Petrography; Provenance; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; OLIGOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BOHAI BAY; BOHAI SEA; BOHAIWAN BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANPU SAG; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 36849012979     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.359     Document Type: Article

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