Diagenetic calcite from the Chazyan Group (Vermont): An example of aragonite alteration in a greenhouse ocean

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Tobin, Kenneth J ^a,b   Walker, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcite; Greenhouse; Stromatoporoids

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MINERAL ALTERATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032216416     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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