Origin of quartz cement in the Tirrawarra Sandstone, Southern Cooper Basin, South Australia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 168-177

  Rezaee, Mohammad R ^a   Tingate, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENT; ELECTRON MICROPROBE; FLUID INCLUSION; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, COOPER BASIN;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; MINERALOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; CONSISTENT VARIATION; COOPER BASIN , SOUTH AUSTRALIA; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; HIGH ALUMINUM CONTENT; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0030994186     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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