Chapter 14 The Effects of Burial Diagenesis on Detrital Heavy Mineral Grain Surface Textures

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 393-412

  Turner, Grenville ^a   Morton, Andrew C ^b,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burial; corrosion; dissolution; etching; heavy minerals; overgrowth; weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349125650     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58014-3     Document Type: Review

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