Provenancing the rhyolitic and dacitic components of the Stonehenge landscape bluestone lithology: New petrographical and geochemical evidence

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1005-1019

  Bevins, Richard E ^a   Ixer, Rob A ^b   Webb, Peter C ^c   Watson, John S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluestone; Dacite; Provenance; Rhyolite; Stonehenge; Wales; Whole rock geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DACITE; DIABASE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RHYOLITE; ZIRCON;

EID: 84856377298     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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