Geochemical and hydrological controls on biannual lamination of tufa deposits

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-50

  Kawai, Tatsuya ^a   Kano, Akihiro ^b   Hori, Masako ^c  

^a OD Scientific Technology   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lamination; Precipitation rate; SW Japan; Textural variation; Tufa; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TUFA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 58549118911     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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