Origin and timing of siderite and calcite concretions in late Palaeogene non- to marginal-marine facies of the Te Kuiti Group, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-115

  Middleton, Heather A ^a,b   Nelson, Campbell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CONCRETION; DIAGENESIS; PALAEOGENE; SIDERITE; TE KUITI GROUP;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0029731070     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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