Fine-grained non-carbonate particles embedded in neritic to pelagic limestones (Lochkovian to Emsian, Prague Synform, Czech Republic): Composition, provenance and links to magnetic susceptibility and gamma-ray logs

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-430

  Koptíková, Leona ^a,b   Hladil, Jindřich ^a   Slavík, Ladislav ^a   Čejchan, Petr ^a   Bábek, Ondřej ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Gamma ray spectrometry; Limestones; Lower Devonian; Magnetic susceptibility; Non carbonate impurities; Prague Synform; REE distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954615064     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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