Upper crustal abundances of trace elements: A revision and update

Chemical Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 205-221

  Hu, Zhaochu ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composition of the upper continental crust; Geochemistry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER CRUST;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 47749093117     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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