Quantifying rates of syndepositional marine cementation in deeper platform environments-new insight into a fundamental process

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Grammer, G Michael ^a,b   Crescini, Christopher M ^b,d   Mcneill, Donald F ^b   Taylor, Louis H ^c  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Standard Geological Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CEMENTATION; MARINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 13044251820     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42689AF-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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