Lower palaeozoic K-bentonites from the Carnic Alps, Austria

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue , 2007, Pages 26-42

  Histon, Kathleen ^a   Klein, Peter ^b   Schönlaub, Hans Peter ^b   Huff, Warren D ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Austria ^*  (Italy)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Camic Alps; K bentonites; Lower Palaeozoic; Palaeogeography; Stratigraphy; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; IAPETUS OCEAN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPLATE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

ALPS; CARNIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 41149164624     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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