Evaluation of two multidimensional discrimination diagrams from beach and deep-sea sediments from the Gulf of Mexico and their application to Precambrian clastic sedimentary rocks

International Geology Review

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1446-1461

  Armstrong Altrin, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

major element; sedimentary rocks; siliciclastic sediments; tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929883042     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2014.936055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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