Chapter 41 Correlation of Triassic Sandstones in the Strathmore Field, West of Shetland, Using Heavy Mineral Provenance Signatures

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 1037-1072

  Morton, Andrew C ^a,b   Herries, Rob ^c   Fanning, Mark ^d  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Amerada Hess Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlation; heavy minerals; NE Atlantic; provenance; Strathmore Field; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449120857     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58041-6     Document Type: Review

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