Chapter 20 Heavy Mineral Concentration in Modern Sands: Implications for Provenance Interpretation

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 517-545

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Andò, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

arc crust; continental crust; diagenesis; grain size.; heavy minerals; hydraulic sorting; oceanic lithosphere; orogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349112871     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58020-9     Document Type: Review

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