The lower Silurian (Llandovery) Osmundsberg K-bentonite in Baltoscandia and the British Isles: Chemical fingerprinting and regional correlation

GFF

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-279

  Inanli, Funda Özlem ^a   Huff, Warren D ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltoscandia; Discriminant analysis; K bentonite; Osmundsberg; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANIC ASH;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 72149107849     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890903243251     Document Type: Article

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