Petrography of finely crystalline cenozoic dolostones as revealed by backscatter electron imaging: Case study of the Cayman Formation (Miocene), Grand Cayman, British West Indies

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1022-1035

  Jones, Brian ^a   Luth, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON OPTICS; POROSITY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTER ELECTRON IMAGING; COASTAL LOCATIONS; DOLOMITE CRYSTALS; ELECTRON IMAGES; GROWTH PATTERNS; HIGH POROSITY; LARGE VOLUMES; LOW POROSITY;

CEMENTS;

CENOZOIC; DIAGENESIS; DOLOSTONE; MIOCENE; PARAGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GRAND CAYMAN; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 1842760587     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/042303731022     Document Type: Article

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