Eogenetic siderite as an indicator for fluctuations in sedimentation rate in the Oligocene Boom Clay Formation (Belgium)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 165-174

  Laenen, B ^a   De Craen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concretions; Diagenesis; Geochemistry; Sedimentology; Sequence stratigraphy; Siderite

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIGOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIDERITE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0842344466     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00177-5     Document Type: Article

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