Mud cracks and dedolomitization in the Wittenoom Dolomite, Hamersley Group, Western Australia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-96

  Kargel, Jeffrey S ^a   Schreiber Jr , Joseph F ^b   Sonett, Charles P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; PILBARA;

ARCHAEAN; DEDOLOMITIZATION; HAMERSLEY GROUP; LIMESTONE; MUD CRACK; SHALLOW WATER; WITTENOOM DOLOMITE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030201396     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8181(95)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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