Growth of hematite and boehmite in concretions from ancient karst bauxite: Clue for past climate

Catena

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Mongelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium and iron rich concretions; Crystal growth; Climatic changes; Karst bauxites; Late Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; BOEHMITE; CONCRETION; CRETACEOUS; HEMATITE; KARST; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0037164577     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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