Cementation of the Footprint Tuff, Laetoli, Tanzania

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 831-841

  Barker, Daniel S ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cementation; Footprint Tuff; Laetoli; Melitite nephelinite ash; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; DEWATERING; MAMMALS; PELLETIZING; POWDERS;

CEMENTATION; FOOTPRINT TUFF; LAETOLI; MELITITE NEPHELINITE ASH; TANZANIA;

CEMENTS;

CALCITE; CEMENTATION; MELILITE; NEPHELINITE; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESERVATION; TUFF;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56649097260     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.831     Document Type: Article

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