Detailed clay mineralogy of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary section at Kendlbachgraben (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-189

  Zajzon, N ^a   Kristaly F ^a   Palfy J ^b   Nemeth T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Austria; Clay mineralogy; Climate change; Kendlbachgraben; Triassic Jurassic boundary; Volcanic spherules

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CLAY MINERALOGY; KENDLBACHGRABEN; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY; VOLCANIC SPHERULES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; KAOLINITE; MICA; MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GRABEN; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; MUDSTONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHANEROZOIC; SPHERULE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANOLOGY;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84863534411     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2012.047.2.03     Document Type: Article

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