Ordovician K-bentonites: Issues in interpreting and correlating ancient tephras

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 276-287

  Huff, Warren D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BIOTITE; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; PHANEROZOIC; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40749149498     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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