Geochemical identification of clastic sediment provenance from known sources of similar geology: The Cretaceous Scotian Basin, Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 595-607

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Triantafyllidis, Stavros ^a   Piper, David J W ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORTING; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; GEOCHEMICAL APPROACHES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITIES; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; GRAIN SIZE; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 51949098970     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.067     Document Type: Article

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