Raman counting: A new method to determine provenance of silt

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-347

  Andò, Sergio ^a   Vignola, Pietro ^b   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; Quantitative X ray powder diffraction; Raman spectroscopy; Silt; Siltstone; Suspended load

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; DIAGENETICS; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; HEAVY MINERALS; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MUDROCKS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SILTSTONES; SUSPENDED LOADS; SUSPENDED-LOAD; TECHNICAL PROBLEM; X-RAY POWDER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 84856508906     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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