Diagenesis of shallowly buried cratonic sandstones, southwest Sinai, Egypt

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 311-335

  Salem, Alaa M K ^a   Abdel Wahab, Antar ^a   McBride, Earle F ^b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL GEOLOGY; CARBONIFEROUS; DIAGENESIS; SANDSTONE;

EGYPT, SINAI;

EID: 0031793620     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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