Submarine cementation and subaerial exposure in oligo-miocene temperate carbonates, Torquay Basin, Australia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-410

  Nicolaides, Stelios ^a,b   Wallace, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; HARDGROUND; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA, TORQUAY BASIN;

CALCITE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; COARSENING; DISSOLUTION; DROPS; EROSION; IRON OXIDES; LIME; LIMESTONE; MAGNESITE; TOPPING CYCLE SYSTEMS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COASTAL EXPOSURE; DOMINANT PROCESS; EROSION SURFACES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATE CARBONATES; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0030818382     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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