Geochemistry of Precambrian sedimentary rocks used to solve stratigraphical problems: An example from the Neoproterozoic Volta basin, Ghana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Kalsbeek, Feiko ^a   Frei, Robert ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Ghana; Precambrian; Sedimentary rocks; Stratigraphy; Volta basin

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT MOBILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUDSTONE; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 71649094863     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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