Disseminated 'jigsaw piece' dolomite in Upper Jurassic shelf sandstones, Central North Sea: An example of cement growth during bioturbation?

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 631-644

  Hendry, James P ^a,e   Wilkinson, Mark ^b   Fallick, Anthony E ^c   Trewin, Nigel H ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Calcite seas; Dolomite; Isotopes; Jurassic; North Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CEMENTATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; JURASSIC; SANDSTONE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033926629     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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