Provenance study of endokarst fine sediments through mineralogical and geochemical data (Lezetxiki II cave, northern Iberia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 364, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-243

  Arriolabengoa, Martin ^a,b   Iriarte, Eneko ^b,c   Aranburu, Arantza ^a,b   Yusta, Iñaki ^a   Arrizabalaga, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Mendibile Auzoa   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave sediments; Clay minerals; Site formation; Soils; XRD mineralogy; XRF geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; LIMESTONE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SPELEOTHEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84926195095     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.072     Document Type: Article

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