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Heavy-mineral, mineral-chemical and zircon-age constraints on the provenance of Triassic sandstones from the Devon coast, southern Britain Cover

Heavy-mineral, mineral-chemical and zircon-age constraints on the provenance of Triassic sandstones from the Devon coast, southern Britain

Geologos
Volume 19 (2013): Issue 1-2 (May 2013)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2013-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
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Language: English
Page range: 67 - 85
Published on: May 31, 2013
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
heavy minerals,
zircon,
provenance,
Triassic,
Devon
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geology and mineralogy

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