Controls of sea level f luctuations on the formation of Ordovician siliceous nodules in terrigenous offshore environments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 65-84

  Loi, Alfredo ^a   Dabard, Marie Pierre ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Condensation; Eustatism; Ordovician; Sequence stratigraphy; Siliceous nodules

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; METALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY;

EUSTATISM; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICA PRECIPITATION; SILICEOUS NODULES;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0036846121     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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