Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition of diagenetic clay minerals in sandstones: A review of the data and controls

International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publications

Volumn , Issue 34, 2002, Pages 63-91

  Morad, S ^a   Worden, R H ^b   Ketzer, J M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

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