Baking black opal in the desert sun: The importance of silica in desert varnish

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 537-540

  Perry, Randall S ^a,b   Lynne, Bridget Y ^c   Sephton, Mark A ^a   Kolb, Vera M ^d   Perry, Carole C ^e   Staley, James T ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^e NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert varnish; Moganite; Paleoenvironments; Rock coatings; Rock varnish; Silica; Silica glaze

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS HYDRATED SILICA; DESERT VARNISH; MOGANITE; OPAL; ROCK COATINGS; SILICA GLAZES;

CONDENSATION; DISSOLUTION; GELATION; GLAZES; HARDENING; SILICA;

VARNISH;

COATING; FORMATION MECHANISM; OPAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; ROCK VARNISH; SILICA MINERAL;

EID: 33745874132     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22352.1     Document Type: Article

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