Dedolomitization and other early diagenetic processes in Miocene lacustrine deposits, Ebro Basin (Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-45

  Arenas, C ^a   Alonso Zarza, A M ^b   Pardo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dedolomitization; Ebro Basin; Meteoric diagenesis; Miocene; Palaeoclimatic change; Saline lakes; Syngenetic karst

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; KARST; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033067661     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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