Textural and stratigraphic controls on fractured dolomite in a carbonate aquifer system, Ocala limestone, west-central Florida

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 241-254

  Gaswirth, Stephanie B ^a,b   Budd, David A ^a   Crawford, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolomites; Floridan aquifer; Fractures; Ocala group; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBONATE ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURE;

EID: 31344439439     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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