Zircon compositions of Lower Mesozoic redbeds of the Tethyan margins, West-Central Mediterranean Area

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1022-1039

  Perri, F ^a   Rizzo, G ^a   Mongelli, G ^a   Critelli, S ^b   Perrone, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MESOZOIC; MUDSTONE; PROVENANCE; RED BED; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TETHYS; TYPOLOGY; ZIRCON;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 65649093053     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.11.1022     Document Type: Article

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