The Flin Flon paleosol revisited

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1223-1243

  Babechuk, Michael G ^a,b   Kamber, Balz S ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREND; CONCENTRATION OF FE; FLUID MOVEMENT; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MIXED-LAYER CLAY; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; QUANTITATIVE TREATMENT; SAMPLING DENSITIES;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MICA; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SODIUM; STRATIGRAPHY; TITANIUM OXIDES; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ALBITE; DOLOMITE; EPIDOTE; GREENSTONE; METAMORPHISM; PALEOSOL; PETROGRAPHY; REGOLITH; REWORKING; SAMPLING; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CANADA; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA;

MICAS;

EID: 84888803724     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2013-0076     Document Type: Article

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