New multi-dimensional diagrams for tectonic discrimination of siliciclastic sediments and their application to Precambrian basins

Chemical Geology

Volumn 355, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-133

  Verma, Surendra P ^a   Armstrong Altrin, John S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arc; Collision; Continental rift; Discrimination diagrams; Sandstone; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

ARC; COLLISION; CONTINENTAL RIFT; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ISLAND ARC; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILICA; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84882772294     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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