Precipitation of silica and formation of chert-mudstone-peat association in Miocene coastal environments at the opening of the Sea of Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 249-268

  Umeda, Miyuki ^a  

^a Fukui City Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

Author keywords

Miocene; Nonmarine chert; Peat; Petrography; Quartz fabric

Indexed keywords

CHERT; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; PEAT; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SILICA;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0141502537     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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