Occurrences and genesis of calcrete and dolocrete in the Mio-Pleistocene fluviatile sequence in Kuwait, northeast Arabian Peninsula

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 129-139

  Khalaf, Fikry Ibrahim ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Dolocrete; Kuwait Group; Mio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; DIAGENESIS; MIOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249823323     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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