Dolomitized calcrete in the Middle Devonian Winnipegosis carbonate mounds, subsurface of south-central Saskatchewan, Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-69

  Fu, Qilong ^a   Qing, Hairuo ^a   Bergman, Katherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Canada; Middle Devonian; Subaerial diagenesis; Winnipegosis carbonate

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; MUD MOUND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 2942679038     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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