Identification of remagnetization processes in Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the northeast Rhenish Massif in Germany by K-Ar dating and REE tracing of authigenic illite and Fe oxides

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Zwing, A ^a   Clauer, N ^b   Liewig, N ^c   Bachtadse, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASTIC ROCK; CLAY MINERAL; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; DOMINANCE; FLUID PRESSURE; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; IRON OXIDE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEACHATE; MAGMATISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REMAGNETIZATION; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE;

EID: 70349429820     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006137     Document Type: Article

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