Early diagenetic siderite as an indicator of depositional environment in the Triassic Rewan Group, southern Bowen Basin, eastern Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-88

  Baker, Julian C ^a,b,d   Kassan, Jochen ^c   Hamilton, P Joe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c K R Martin Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^d K R Martin Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NON-MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SIDERITE; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, BOWEN BASIN;

EID: 0029730481     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01461.x     Document Type: Article

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