Origin of stylolite related fractures in Atoka bank carbonates, Eddy County, New Mexico, U.S.A

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Eren, Muhsin ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; DIAGENESIS; STYLOLITE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20544451467     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175447     Document Type: Article

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