Stable isotope and mineralogical investigations on clays from the Late Cretaceous sequences, Haţeg Basin, Romania

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Bojar, Ana Voica ^a   Ottner, Franz ^b   Bojar, Hans Peter ^c   Grigorescu, Dan ^d   Perşoiu, Aurel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute of Applied Geology   (Austria)

^c Landesmuseum Joanneum   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ha eg Basin; Maastrichtian; Paleosols; Precipitations; Smectites; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOSOLS; PRECIPITATIONS; SMECTITES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; FARM BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

CLAY MINERALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAASTRICHTIAN; METEORIC WATER; MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SMECTITE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649407264     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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