Geochemistry of sandstone from the Miocene Surma Group, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Implications for Provenance, tectonic setting and weathering

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-428

  Rahman, M Julleh Jalalur ^a   Suzuki, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengal Basin; Geochemistry; Miocene Surma Group sandstones; Provenance; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MIOCENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38549129779     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.415     Document Type: Article

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