Dolomitization associated with transgressive surfaces - A mid-Cretaceous example

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Moss, Steve J ^a,c   Tucker, Maurice E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Diagenesis; Dolomitization; Porosity; Transgression

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; POROSITY; TRANSGRESSION;

FRANCE;

EID: 0030435196     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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