Geochemistry of the limestone of Mortas Formation and related terra rossa, Seydisehir, Konya, Turkey

Geochemistry International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-93

  Temur, Sedat ^a   Orhan, Hukmu ^a   Deli, Arif ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; BAUXITE DEPOSITS; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COPPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GALLIUM; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RUBIDIUM; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SILVER; SODIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING; ZIRCONIUM;

CARBONATE ROCKS; DOLOMITIZATION; ELEMENT RATIOS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IN-SITU; LANTHANIDES; MASS REDUCTIONS; MEAN DISTANCES; MOBILE ELEMENTS; OXIDE COMPOSITIONS; SILICATE WEATHERINGS; SOIL FORMATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TERRA ROSSA; UPPER CRETACEOUS; WASHED SOILS;

LIMESTONE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BAUXITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; DOLOMITIZATION; ENRICHMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TERRA ROSSA; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; KONYA [TURKEY]; SEYDISEHIR; TURKEY;

EID: 59649091718     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702909010054     Document Type: Article

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