Authigenic chabazite and implications for weathering in Sirius Group diamictite, Table Mountain, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 815-820

  Dickinson, Warren W ^a   Grapes, Rodney H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CHABAZITE; DIAMICTITE; SUBLIMATION; ZEOLITE;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND, DRY VALLEYS, TABLE MOUNTAIN;

CALCITE; CEMENTS; DRYING; LANDFORMS; SOILS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING; ZEOLITES;

AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; AVERAGE COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATIC CHANGES; FREEZING AND THAWING; FROZEN GROUND; INTERFACIAL FILM; REPEATED CYCLE;

ICE;

EID: 0031471596     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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