Petrography and geochemistry of septarian carbonate concretions from the Boom Clay Formation (Oligocene, Belgium)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-76

  De Craen, M ^a,b   Swennen, R ^a   Keppens, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial sulphate reduction; Early diagenesis; Geochemistry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAY; CARBONATE; CONCRETION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OLIGOCENE; PETROGRAPHY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 3843113208     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003468328212     Document Type: Article

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