Nodular anhydrite growth controlled by pedogenic structures in evaporite lake formations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Sanz Rubio, E ^a   Hoyos, M ^a   Calvo, J P ^b   Rouchy, J M ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Calatayud Basin; Miocene; Pedogenic; Sulphate nodules

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PEDOGENESIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033133711     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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