Sandstone/chert and laminated chert/black shale couplets, Cretaceous Uhangri Formation (southwest Korea): Depositional events in alkaline lake environments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 227-242

  Chough, S K ^a   Kim, S B ^a   Chun, S S ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE LAKE; CHERT; CRETACEOUS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

KOREA;

EID: 0029730759     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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