Petrographic and trace element analysis of uranium-rich tufa calcite, middle Miocene Barstow Formation, California, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-453

  Cole, Jennifer M ^a   Rasbury, E Troy ^a   Montanez, Isabel P ^b   Pedone, Vicki A ^c   Lanzirotti, Antonio ^d   Hanson, Gilbert N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Lacustrine; Synchroton XRF; Trace elements; Tufa

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TUFA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942579076     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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