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CRUSHING OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK SAMPLES AND ITS EFFECT ON SHAPE AND NUMBER OF HEAVY MINERALS
Author(s) -
HENNINGSEN DIERK
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1967.tb01325.x
Subject(s) - sedimentary rock , geology , geochemistry , heavy mineral , mineralogy , provenance
SUMMARY Few examples are given to demonstrate that crushing of hard sedimentary rocks practically does not break up the heavy minerals present in the rock. Also the ratios of the various minerals mostly are not changed.