Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: Heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 743-797

  Pindell, James L ^a,b   Kennan, Lorcan ^a   Wright, David ^c   Erikson, Johan ^d  

^a Tectonic Analysis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Saint Joseph's College of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; HEAVY MINERAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCONFORMITY;

BARBADOS; GUYANA SHIELD; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

EID: 75249084314     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP328.29     Document Type: Article

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