Diagenesis by burial fluids, Middle Ordovician platform to platform-margin limestones, East Tennessee: Relationship to Mississippi Valley-type deposits

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1107-1122

  Steinhauff, D Mark ^a,c   Walker, Kenneth R ^a   Goldberg, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSIT; ORDOVICIAN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 12944327930     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268B1C-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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