Early diagenesis of highly saline lake sediments after exposure

Chemical Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-106

  Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Ronen, Daniel ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead sea; Diagenesis; Hypersaline environment; Interstitial solutions; Saline sediments; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; LAKE SEDIMENT; SALINE LAKE; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

ISRAEL, DEAD SEA;

EID: 0030839679     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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