Marine cements in mid-Tertiary cool-water shelf limestones of New Zealand and southern Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 609-629

  Nelson, Campbell S ^a   James, Noel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aragonite dissolution; Marine cement; Micrite; Non tropical limestone; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; CEMENTATION; COLD WATER; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICRITE; SEDIMENTATION; TERTIARY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033942535     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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