Petrological, geochemical, and statistical analysis of eocene-oligocene sandstones of the western Thrace basin, Greece and Bulgaria

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 482-498

  Caracciolo, Luca ^a   Von Eynatten, Hilmar ^b   Tolosana Delgado, Raimon ^c   Critelli, Salvatore ^a   Manetti, Piero ^d   Marchev, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION; SANDSTONE PETROLOGIES; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

COLLISION ZONE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

BULGARIA; GREECE; THRACE BASIN;

EID: 84864999393     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.31     Document Type: Article

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