The influence of transgression and regression on the spatial and temporal distribution of diagenetic kaolin in the Upper Ordovician glaciogenic sandstones within a sequence stratigraphic framework, Murzuq Basin, SW Libya

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 87-91

  El ghali, Mohamed A K ^a   Tajori, Karima G ^b   Mansurbeg, Howri ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy; Diagenetic kaolin; Murzuq Basin of SW Libya; Upper Ordovician glaciogenic sandstones

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL FACIES; DIAGENETIC KAOLIN; UPPER ORDOVICIAN GLACIOGENIC SANDSTONES;

DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GLACIERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

KAOLIN;

DIAGENESIS; KAOLIN; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MURZUQ BASIN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645937632     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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