Criteria for distinguishing primary evaporite features from deformation features in sulfate evaporites

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-533

  Schreiber, B Charlotte ^a   Helman, Marc L ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lawler Matusky Skelley Engineers LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LIME; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DEFORMATION FEATURE; DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PRIMARY PRODUCTS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION; EVAPORITE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 27244436716     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.043     Document Type: Article

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