Detrital quartz and zircon combined: The production of mature sand with short transportation paths along the Cambrian west Gondwana margin northwestern Argentina

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-298

  Augustsson, Carita ^a,e   Rüsing, Tobias ^a   Adams, Christopher J ^b   Chmiel, Hannah ^a   Kocabayoǧlu, Mert ^a   Büld, Mareike ^c   Zimmermann, Udo ^d   Berndt, Jasper ^a   Kooijman, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EROSION; LEAD ALLOYS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING; ZIRCON;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRAIN ABRASIONS; PARALLEL TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE STUDIES; QUARTZ-ARENITE; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SYNSEDIMENTARY; WAVELENGTH SPECTRA;

QUARTZ;

ARENITE; CAMBRIAN; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; GONDWANA; MAGMA; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WAVELENGTH; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 80052649777     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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