Tertiary volcanic rocks and the potassium content of Gulf Coast shales - the smoking gun

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 527-530

  Bloch, John ^a   Hutcheon, Ian E ^b   De Caritat, Patrice ^c  

^a Scealu Modus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DEPOSITION; FELDSPAR; POTASSIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; EARLY OLIGOCENE; IN COMPOSITIONS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; VOLCANIC MATERIALS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

SHALE;

POTASSIUM; SHALE; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MEXICO;

EID: 84874985925     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0527:TVRATP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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