On the secular variations in the composition of Phanerozoic marine potash evaporites

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 993-996

  Holland, Heinrich D ^a   Horita, Juske ^b   Seyfried Jr , William E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EVAPORATION; LIME; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; POTASH; SEA LEVEL; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; SEAWATER;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUXES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SECULAR CHANGES; SECULAR VARIATION; SMALL VARIATIONS; DOLOMITIZATION; EVAPORITES;

SEAWATER EFFECTS; POTASH;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOLOMITIZATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORITE; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; PHANEROZOIC; POTASH; SEAWATER; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0030433487     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0993:OTSVIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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