Molar tooth structures of the Neoarchean Monteville formation, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa. I: Constraints on microcrystalline CaCO3 precipitation

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1049-1068

  Bishop, James W ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lime mud; Micrite; Microspar; Molar tooth; Mudcrack; Precambrian; Synaeresis

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; LIME; MICRITE; PRECAMBRIAN;

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

EID: 33748908654     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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