Climatic, depositional and burial controls on diagenesis of Appalachian Carboniferous sandstones: Qualitative and quantitative methods

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-246

  Reed, J S ^a,b   Eriksson, K A ^a   Kowalewski, M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Central Appalachian basin; Diagenesis; Multivariate statistics; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DIAGENESIS; SANDSTONE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18344391024     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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