Diagenesis of Middle Devonian carbonate mounds of the Mader Basin (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 945-956

  Kaufmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; ION SOURCES; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE MOUNDS; HIGH-MG CALCITES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE SOLUTION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0002429838     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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