Provenance of the Carboniferous Hochwipfel Formation (Karawanken Mountains, Austria/Slovenia) - Geochemistry versus petrography

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 246-266

  Kutterolf, Steffen ^a   Diener, Rüdiger ^b   Schacht, Ulrike ^c   Krawinkel, Hannelore ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Steinaecker 30   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Geochemistry; Heavy minerals; Provenance; Sandstone petrography; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOREARC BASIN; HEAVY MINERAL; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARAWANKEN;

EID: 39549104732     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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