Radiaxial calcite: Alteration product of and petrographic proxy for magnesian calcite marine cement

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 945-948

  Wilson, Paul A ^a   Dickson, J A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENTS; LIME; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIA; MAGNESITE;

CALCITE-CEMENT; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE CEMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PORE FLUID CHEMISTRY;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; CEMENT (SEDIMENTOLOGY); CRETACEOUS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIAN CALCITE; MARINE CEMENT; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PORE FLUID; RADIAXIAL CALCITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC;

EID: 0030454504     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0945:RCAPOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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