Reconstruction of currents in the Mid-Ordovician-Early Silurian central Baltic Basin using geochemical and mineralogical indicators

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Kiipli, Enli ^a   Kiipli, T ^a   Kallaste, T ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN SURFACES; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENT INFLUX; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; WATER FLOWS;

CHROMIUM; KAOLINITE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILURIAN; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; WATER FLOW;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

EID: 69649094898     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25075A.1     Document Type: Article

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