Diagenetic history of fluvial and lacustrine sandstones of the Hartford Basin (Triassic-Jurassic), Newark Supergroup, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 99-126

  Wolela, A M ^a   Gierlowski Kordesch, E H ^b  

^a Ministry of Mines and Energy of Ethopia   (Ethiopia)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Hartford Basin; Lacustrine; Newark Supergroup; Sandstone diagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CALCITE; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; INFILTRATION; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PEDOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TRIASSIC;

HARTFORD BASIN; NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947527772     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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