Chemical depositional environments of calcic marine black shales

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-13

  Quinby Hunt, M S ^a   Wilde, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CALCIUM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGANESE; REDOX CONDITION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029753745     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.1.4     Document Type: Article

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