Sedimentary geochemistry and provenance of the Lower and Middle Devonian Laojunshan Formation, the North Qilian Orogenic Belt

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-367

  Xu, Ya Jun ^a   Du, Yuan Sheng ^a   Yang, Jiang Hai ^a   Huang, Hu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Laojunshan Formation; North Qilian Orogenic Belt (NQOB); Orogeny; Provenance; Sedimentary geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEVONIANS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; GRANITIC ROCKS; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; OBLIQUE COLLISION; QILIAN OROGENIC BELT; REE PATTERN; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; UPPER CRUST;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHROMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOIL MECHANICS; TANTALUM; YTTERBIUM;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEVONIAN; OROGENY; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77950417818     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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