Compositional and geochemical signatures for the sedimentary evolution of the middle triassic-lower jurassic continental redbeds from western-central mediterranean alpine chains

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-386

  Critelli, Salvatore ^a   Mongelli, Giovanni ^a,b   Perri, Francesco ^a,b   Martín Algarra, Agustin ^a,c   Martín Martín, Manuel ^a,d   Perrone, Vincenzo ^a,e   Dominici, Rocco ^a   Sonnino, Maurizio ^a   Zaghloul, Mohamed Najib ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^f ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; JURASSIC; MICROPLATE; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; RED BED; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; APENNINES; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MAGHREB; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 49149122535     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588833     Document Type: Article

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