Holocene cemented beach deposits in Belize

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 277-297

  Gischler, Eberhard ^a   Lomando, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beachrock; Belize; C 14; Carbonate rocks; Cementation; Diagenesis

Indexed keywords

BEACH ROCK; BEACHROCK; CEMENT; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE;

BELIZE;

EID: 0030766685     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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