Geochemistry of Silurian-Carboniferous sedimentary rocks of the Ulaanbaatar terrane, Hangay-Hentey belt, central Mongolia: Provenance, paleoweathering, tectonic setting, and relationship with the neighbouring Tsetserleg terrane

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 481-493

  Purevjav, Narantuya ^a   Roser, Barry ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAOB; Hangay Hentey belt; Mongolia; Provenance; Sedimentary geochemistry; Tectonic setting; Tsetserleg terrane; Ulaanbaatar terrane

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; OROGENIC BELT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILURIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; TURBIDITE;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; KHANGAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 84888438568     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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