Early diagenesis in Pleistocene coral reefs, southern Sinai, Egypt: Response to tectonics, sea-level and climate

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 537-558

  Strasser, André ^a   Strohmenger, Christian ^b,c  

^a Institut de Geologie   (Switzerland)

^b BEB Erdgas und Erdol GmbH   (Germany)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EGYPT, SINAI;

EID: 0030812974     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-33.x     Document Type: Article

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