Morphology and growth of aragonite crystals in hot-spring travertines at Lake Bogoria, Kenya Rift Valley

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-340

  Jones, Brian ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL SHAPE; HOT SPRING; PALAEOCLIMATE; TRAVERTINE;

KENYA, LAKE BOGORIA;

EID: 0029731558     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-7.x     Document Type: Article

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