Heavy mineral distributions of Maastrichtian deposits from the Haţeg basin, South Carpathians: Tectonic and palaeogeographic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Bojar, Ana Voica ^a   Bojar, Hans Peter ^b   Ottner, Franz ^c   Grigorescu, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Landesmuseum Joanneum ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ha eg basin; Heavy minerals; Maastrichtian continental deposits; Source area; South Carpathians

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HEAVY MINERAL; MAASTRICHTIAN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

CARPATHIANS; HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA;

EID: 77954954699     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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