The conspicuous red "impact" layer of the Fish Clay at Højerup (Stevns Klint, Denmark)

Geochemistry International

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-521

  Premovic P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARLS; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FISH CLAY; IMPACT GLASS; MARINE AREAS; NANO-SIZE; SMECTITE; STEVNS KLINT , DENMARK; TUNISIA;

GLASS; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; PALEOGENE; SMECTITE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SJAELLAND; STEVNS KLINT;

EID: 66149171745     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702909050073     Document Type: Article

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