Silica spherulites and fossil silcretes in carbonate rocks of the Western Carpathians

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-105

  Mišík, Milan ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Mesozoic carbonates; Silcretes; Silica spherulites; Western Carpathians

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; HYPERSALINITY; LATERITIZATION; SILCRETE; SILICA; SPHERULITE; TRIASSIC;

SLOVAKIA, CARPATHIANS;

EID: 0030479401     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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