Provenance analysis of Eocene-Oligocene turbidite deposits in Pindos Foreland Basin, fold and thrust belt of SW Greece: Constraints from framework petrography and bulk-rock geochemistry

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4671-4700

  Konstantopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Zelilidis, Avraam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Peloponnesus; Pindos foreland; Sandstone geochemistry; Submarine fans; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; PLUTONIC ROCK; PROVENANCE; ROCK PROPERTY; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITE;

GREECE;

EID: 84886787558     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0766-4     Document Type: Article

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