Chapter 5 Provenance and Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of Superficial Deposits, with Particular Reference to Post-Depositional Modification of Heavy Mineral Assemblages

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 151-188

  Bateman, Richard M ^a   Catt, John A ^b  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

archaeology; automated analysis; D90 value; heavy minerals; mineral stability; multivariate ordination; palaeoenvironment; pedology; provenance; Quaternary; sorting; Tertiary; weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449170932     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58005-2     Document Type: Review

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