Forward compositional modelling of Alpine orogenic sediments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-164

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Resentini, Alberto ^a   Vezzoli, Giovanni ^a   Andò, Sergio ^a   Malusà, Marco ^a   Padoan, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Grain density; Heavy minerals; Provenance analysis; Rivers Dora Baltea, Po and Rh ne; Sediment generation

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BED LOAD; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; COMPOSITIONAL MODELLING; DATA SETS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENDMEMBERS; EROSION PATTERNS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; GRAIN DENSITY; HEAVY MINERALS; MIXING MODELS; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC SEDIMENTS; PALEODRAINAGE; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SUSPENDED LOADS; TRANSPORT MODES; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALS; MIXING; PETROGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; HEAVY MINERAL; MORPHOGENESIS; OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

DORA BALTEA RIVER; ITALY; PO RIVER; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 84867988578     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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