Molar tooth structures of the Neoarchean Monteville Formation, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa. II: A wave-induced fluid flow model

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1069-1082

  Bishop, James W ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^a   Huerta, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Micrite; Microspar; Molar tooth; Mudcrack; Precambrian; Storm wave

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICRITE; MORPHOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 33748902461     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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