Opaque minerals as keys for distinguishing oxidising and reducing diagenetic conditions in the Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone, North German Basin

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 129-149

  Weibel, R ^a   Friis, H ^b  

^a Skamol A/S   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cu minerals; Diagenesis; Fe Ti oxides; Ilmenite; Leucoxene; Ooids; Opaque minerals; Red beds; Reducing and oxidising conditions; Saline brines; Triassic; V and U minerals

Indexed keywords

BUNTER; DIAGENESIS; MARKER BED; MINERAL ALTERATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 3543144333     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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