Origin and timing of siderite cementation in Upper Ordovician glaciogenic sandstones from the Murzuq basin, SW Libya

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-471

  El ghali, M A K ^a,b   Tajori, K G ^b   Mansurbeg, H ^a   Ogle, N ^c   Kalin, R M ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depositional facies; Glaciogenic sandstone diagenesis; Sequence stratigraphy; Siderite; SW Libya; the Murzuq basin; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL FACIES; GLACIOGENIC SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SIDERITE; UPPER ORDOVICIAN;

COMPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE;

CEMENTATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SIDERITE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

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

EID: 33745208463     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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