Burial diagenesis of middle Ordovician carbonate buildups (Alabama, USA): Documentation of the dominance of shallow burial conditions

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 223-236

  Tobin, Kenneth J ^a,c   Walker, Kenneth R ^a   Goldberg, Steven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildup; Burial; Carbonate; Diagenesis; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; CALCITE; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; ORDOVICIAN;

USA, ALABAMA;

EID: 0031419811     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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