Provenance and tectonic setting of Upper Devonian sandstones from Ilanqareh Formation (NW Iran);Proveniencia y ambiente tectónico de areniscas del Devónico Superior de la Formación Ilanqareh (NW de Irán)

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-561

  Najafzadeh, Adel ^a   Jafarzadeh, Mahdi ^b   Moussavi Harami, Reza ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azarbaijan; Devonian; Geochemistry; Ilanqareh formation; Iran; Provenance; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649712092     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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