Geochemistry of Devonian-Carboniferous clastic sediments of the Tsetserleg terrane, Hangay Basin, Central Mongolia: Provenance, source weathering, and tectonic setting

Island Arc

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-287

  Purevjav, Narantuya ^a   Roser, Barry ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAOB; Geochemistry; Mongolia; Provenance; Tectonic setting; Tsetserleg terrane

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; ISLAND ARC; MUDSTONE; OROGENIC BELT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84870315181     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2012.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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