Anhydrite cements after dolomitization of shallow marine Silurian carbonates of the Gascoyne Platform, Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-87

  El Tabakh, Mohamed ^a   Mory, Arthur ^b   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^c   Yasin, Raza ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carnarvon basin; Dolomites; Evaporites; Sulphur and strontium isotopes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; EVAPORITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDFLAT; SILURIAN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; GASCOYNE PLATFORM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0442281625     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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