Evolution of late Triassic rift basin evaporites (Passaic Formation): Newark Basin, eastern North America

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 767-790

  El Tabakh, M ^a   Riccioni, R ^a   Schreiber, B C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE; TRIASSIC;

NEWARK BASIN; USA;

EID: 0030879318     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-47.x     Document Type: Article

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