Authigenic dolomite cementation in the Upper Cretaceous Phosphate Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 702-709

  Rifai, Rifai I ^a   Shaaban, Mohamad N ^b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Authigenic dolomite; Cementation; Egypt; Hypo saline fluids; Marine meteoric zone; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENESIS; BLACK SHALE; CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; DOLOMITE; FACIES; GLAUCONITE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORITE; SANDSTONE; STOICHIOMETRY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 36148964807     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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