Textural, elemental, and isotopic characteristics of Pleistocene phreatic cave deposits (Jabal Madar, Oman)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 68-88

  Immenhauser, Adrian ^a,f   Dublyansky, Yuri V ^b,c   Verwer, Klaas ^a   Fleitman, Dominik ^d,g   Pashenko, Serguei E ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVES; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; REDOX REACTIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZONING;

CLIMATE PATTERNS; FLUID INCLUSION DATA; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID INCLUSION; REDOX POTENTIALS; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

CALCITE;

CAVE DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; FLUID INCLUSION; KARST; METEORIC WATER; PHREATIC ZONE; PLEISTOCENE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 34447276461     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.012     Document Type: Article

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