Colour origin of Upper Cretaceous pelagic red sediments within the Eastern Pontides, Northeast Turkey

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 593-595

  Eren, Muhsin ^a   Kadir, Selahattin ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Maden Tetkik ve Arama Gene M   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colour origin; Diagenesis; Pelagic red carbonates; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; COLOR; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; PELAGIC DEPOSIT;

TURKEY;

EID: 0033403646     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050287     Document Type: Article

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