On the state of weathering of the Upper Cretaceous red phosphorites of Eshidiya, southern Jordan

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-54

  Abed, Abdulkader M ^a   Abdalla, Raed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORITE; WEATHERING;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032124694     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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