Inhibition of dissolution within shallow water carbonate sediments: Impacts of terrigenous sediment input on syn-depositional carbonate diagenesis

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-513

  Perry, Christopher T ^a   Taylor, Kevin G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial iron reduction; Carbonate sediments; Dissolution; Sulphate reduction; Terrigenous sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DISCOVERY BAY; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

AMPHIROA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALIMEDA;

EID: 33646674414     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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