Diagenetic origin of basal anhydrite in the Cretaceous Maha Sarakham salt: Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-594

  El Tabakh, Mohamed ^a   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^b   Utha Aroon, Cherdsak ^c   Coshell, Lee ^a   Warren, John K ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^d JK Resources Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS;

THAILAND;

EID: 0031753421     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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