Fe-Mn-encrusted 'Kamenitza' and associated features in the Jurassic of Monte Kumeta (Sicily): subaerial and/or submarine dissolution?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-68

  Di Stefano, P ^a   Mindszenty, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Hardground; Jurassic; Pelagic sedimentation; Sicily

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; DISSOLUTION; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; PELAGIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY;

EID: 0034097128     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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