Wenlock bentonites in lithuania and correlation with bentonites from sections in estonia, Sweden and Norway

GFF

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-210

  Kiipli, Tarmo ^a   Kallaste, Toivo ^a   Radzevičius, Sigitas ^b   Motuza, Vykintas ^b   Jeppsson, Lennart ^c   Wickström, Linda M ^d  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonites; Correlation; Graptolites; K bentonites; Lithuania; Sanidine; Wenlock

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BIOZONATION; PROBABILITY; SANIDINE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WENLOCKIAN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 64949159177     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890809452773     Document Type: Article

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