Silica diagenesis in Eocene shallow-water platform carbonates, southern Pyrenees

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 969-984

  Giménez Montsant, Jordi ^a   Calvet, Francesc ^a   Tucker, Maurice E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chert; Eocene; Limestone; Pyrenees; Silica diagenesis; Sponge spicules

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; EOCENE; SILICA; SPICULE; SPONGE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0343775684     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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