Sandstone diagenesis of the Lower Cretaceous Sindong Group, Gyeongsang Basin, southeastern Korea: Implications for compositional and paleoenvironmental controls

Island Arc

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-171

  Lee, Yong Il ^a   Lim, Dong Hyun ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Oil Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continental basin; Cretaceous; Paleoclimate; Petrofacies; Sandstone diagenesis

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CHLORITE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FACIES; KAOLINITE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KYONGSANG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 38649122372     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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