Major element geochemistry of Neoproterozoic successions of Varanger Pensinsula, North Norway, and Sredni and Rybachi Peninsulas, North- west Kola, Russia: provenance patterns and basin evolution

• Main Authors: Sochava, Andrei V., Siedlecka, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: GEOKJEMI; Berlevåg; Nesseby; Norway; Vadsø; Vardø; Båtsfjord; North Norway; Varanger
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2674090

Major element analyses of 461 samples of Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks were classified by using petrochemical plots and statistically treated in cluster analyses. In general, the studied siliciclastic rocks represent two major associations. The first contains arkoses to quartz arenites with predo...