Rapidity of freshwater calcite cementation - Implications for carbonate diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Dravis, Jeffrey J ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dravis Interests Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Cementation; Diagenesis; Holocene; Sequence stratigraphy; Solution

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; FRESHWATER; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BAHAMAS, ELEUTHERA ISLAND;

EID: 0030435805     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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