Controls on geochemical expression of subaerial exposure in Ordovician limestones from the Nashville Dome, Tennessee, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 790-805

  Railsback, L Bruce ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a   Hunter, Daniel M ^a   Jordan, E Michael ^a   Díaz, Jennifer R ^a   Crowe, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGGREGATED DATUM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; PEDOGENIC PROCESS; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STABLE ISOTOPES; THIRD-ORDER SEQUENCES;

LIME;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042521842     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/020503730790     Document Type: Article

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