Subaqueous silicification of the contents of small ponds in an Early Devonian hot-spring complex, Rhynie, Scotland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1697-1712

  Trewin, Nigel H ^a   Fayers, Stephen R ^a   Kelman, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLIMATOLOGY; FUNGI; HOT SPRINGS; PETROGRAPHY; SINTERING; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

PETROGRAPHIC TEXTURES; SILICIFICATION;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ARTHROPOD; CHERT; DEVONIAN; SILICIFICATION; TEXTURE; THERMAL SPRING;

ABERDEENSHIRE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542348326     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-065     Document Type: Article

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