Geochemistry of the Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous shales from the Molango Region, Hidalgo, eastern Mexico: Implications for source-area weathering, provenance, and tectonic setting

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 345, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 185-202

  Armstrong Altrin, John S ^a   Nagarajan, Ramasamy ^b   Madhavaraju, Jayagopal ^a   Rosalez Hoz, Leticia ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^c   Balaram, Vysetti ^d   Cruz Martínez, Adriana ^e,f   Avila Ramírez, Gladis ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e Ciencias de la Tierra y Afines SC CP   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Eastern Mexico; Huayacocotla anticlinorium; Pimienta and M ndez Formations; Rare earth elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MINERALOGY; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

HIDALGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOLANGO;

EID: 84879788607     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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