Geochemistry of preserved Permian aragonitic cements in the tepees of the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 187-198

  Chafetz, Henry S ^a   Wu, Zhuodan ^a   Lapen, Thomas J ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENTS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARAGONITE CRYSTALS; CARBONATE STRATA; DIAGENETICS; MAGNESIUM CALCITE; MARINE CARBONATES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MG CALCITES; SHALLOW MARINE;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

ARAGONITE; CEMENT; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749098359     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.025     Document Type: Article

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