Geochemistry of shales from the Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup: Implications on provenance, tectonics and paleoweathering

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-48

  Paikaray, S ^a   Banerjee, S ^b   Mukherji, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Discriminant diagrams; Paleoenvironment; Proterozoic; Son valley; Source rock

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; MARINE SEDIMENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT; VINDHYAN SUPERGROUP; WEATHERING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39449128519     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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