Palaeoenvironmental significance of palustrine carbonates and calcretes in the geological record

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 261-298

  Alonso Zarza, Ana M ^a  

^a Facultad de CC Químicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcretes; Climate; Groundwater; Palustrine carbonates; Terrestrial environments; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; HOST ROCK; MARSH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0037309147     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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