Groundwater dolocretes in a lake-marginal environment: An alternative model for dolocrete formation in continental settings (Danian of the Provence Basin, France)

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-188

  Colson, Jelena ^a   Cojan, Isabelle ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITIZATION; DANIAN; DOLOCRETE; LAKE; LEACHING; MIXING; PALAEOCENE;

FRANCE, PROVENCE BASIN;

EID: 0029751219     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01466.x     Document Type: Article

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