Geochemical and mineralogical proxies for grain size in mudstones and siltstones from the Pleistocene and Holocene of the Po River alluvial plain, Italy

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 420, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-36

  Dinelli, Enrico ^a   Summa, Vito ^b   Tateo, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Grain size; Italy; Po plain; Provenance

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CLAY MINERALS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SERPENTINE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PO PLAIN; PROVENANCE; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; MUDSTONE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; SILTSTONE;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 75749121113     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2420(03)     Document Type: Article

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