Methodological improvements for investigating silcrete formation: Petrography, FT-IR and oxygen isotope ratio of silcrete quartz cement, Lake Eyre Basin (Australia)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 261-274

  Alexandre, Anne ^a   Meunier, Jean Dominique ^a   Llorens, Emmanuelle ^a   Hill, Steve M ^b   Savin, Samuel M ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Infrared spectroscopy; Oxygen isotopes; Quartz cement; Silcrete; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; PARAGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILCRETE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 5744242939     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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