Dolomite microstructures and reaction mechanisms of dolomitization on the Triassic Latemar buildup, Dolomites, northern Italy

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-130

  Schubel, Kathryn A ^a   Veblen, David R ^b   Elbert, David C ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITIZATION; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 29744451159     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175455     Document Type: Article

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