Links between composition and provenance of Mesozoic siliciclastic sediments from western Calabria (southern Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-329

  Perri, Francesco ^a   Muto, Francesco ^a   Belviso, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composition; Mesozoic; Mudrock; Recycling; Source area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855309923     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.04     Document Type: Article

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