Quartz cement of meteoric origin in silcrete and nonsilcrete sandstones, Lower Carboniferous, western Sinai, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-290

  Abdel Wahab, Antar ^a   Salem, Alaa M K ^a   Mcbride, Earle F ^b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CEMENT; DIAGENESIS; METEORIC WATER; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SILCRETE;

EGYPT;

EID: 0344572954     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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