The genesis of glaucony in the Oligo-Miocene Torquay Group, southeastern Australia: Petrographic and geochemical evidence

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-114

  Kelly, Jonathan C ^a   Webb, John A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Geochemistry; Glaucony; Mineralogy; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLAUCONITE; MINERALOGY; PETROGENESIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032996656     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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