Silcrete and alunite genesis in alluvial palaeosols (late Cretaceous to early Palaeocene, Duero basin, Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Blanco, J A ^a   Armenteros, I ^a   Huerta, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alunite; Duero basin; Fluvial diagenesis; Palaeosols; Siderolithic; Silcrete

Indexed keywords

ALUNITE; BIREFRINGENCE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; FLOODPLAIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROLYSIS; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; PALEOCENE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SILCRETE;

DUERO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MICAS;

EID: 54349128826     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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