The role and impact of freshwater-seawater mixing zones in the maturation of regional dolomite bodies within the proto Floridan Aquifer, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1065-1092

  Gaswirth, Stephanie B ^a,b   Budd, David A ^a   Lang Farmer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolomite; Floridanaquifer; Maturation; Mixing zone

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOSTONE; ESTUARINE FRONT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MATURATION; MIXING; POROSITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

FLORIDAN AQUIFER; NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548851177     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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