Relationships between the trace element composition of sedimentary rocks and upper continental crust

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  McLennan, Scott M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

composition of the crust; Geochemistry; trace elements

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHROMIUM; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM;

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; PARTS PER MILLIONS; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84945960088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000109     Document Type: Article

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