From chalcedonic chert to quartz chert: Diagenesis of chert hosted in a Miocene volcanic-sedimentary succession, central Japan

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-174

  Hattori, Isamu ^a   Umeda, Miyuki ^b   Nakagawa, Tomio ^c   Yamamoto, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Fukui City Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^c Michimori Senior High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCEDONY; CHERT; DIAGENESIS; QUARTZ; VOLCANOGENIC ROCK;

JAPAN, HONSHU, FUKUI, NIU MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029749866     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42682E8-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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