Calcite precipitation and dissolution of biogenic aragonite in shallow Ordovician calcite seas

Lethaia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-427

  Palmer, Timothy J ^a   Wilson, Mark A ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite dissolution; Calcite precipitation; Calcite seas; Early marine diagenesis; Hardgrounds; Intra formational conglomerate; Marine cements

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CEMENTATION; CONGLOMERATE; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144257850     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160410002135     Document Type: Article

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