Dolomite pipes in the Crato Formation fossil lagerstätte (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian), of northeastern Brazil

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-86

  Martill, David M ^a   Loveridge, Robert F ^a   Heimhofer, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crato Formation; Dolomite; Early Cretaceous; Submarine seep

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; FOSSIL; IRON; LAGERSTATTE; LIMESTONE; PIPE; SEEPAGE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39249085743     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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