Origin of "cannon-ball" concretions in the Carolinefjellet Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 217-242

  Krajewski, Krzysztof P ^a   Luks, Bartłomiej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

"Cannon ball" concretions; Arctic; Diagenesis; Lower Cretaceous; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CONCRETION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0347578161     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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