The roles of pedogenesis and diagenesis in clay mineral assemblages: Lower Cretaceous fluvial mudrocks, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Piper, David J W ^a   Hundert, Thian ^b   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Okwese, Ann C ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfisol; Geochemistry; Kaolinite; Meteoric water; Paleosol; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; CLAY MINERAL; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; KAOLINITE; MUDSTONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SANDSTONE; ULTISOL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 58549097258     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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