Petrography and whole-rock geochemistry of the Tertiary Sylhet succession, northeastern Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Provenance and source area weathering

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 171-183

  Hossain, H M Z ^a   Roser, B P ^a   Kimura, J I ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Geochemistry; Petrography; Provenance; Sedimentary rocks; Sylhet basin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MUDSTONE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; TERTIARY; WEATHERING;

BANGLADESH; BENGAL; SYLHET;

EID: 77954216349     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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