Spatial geochemistry of a Carboniferous platform-margin-to-basin transect: Balancing environmental and diagenetic factors

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 136-150

  van der Kooij, Bram ^a,b   Immenhauser, Adrian ^c   Csoma, Anita ^b   Bahamonde, Juan ^d   Steuber, Thomas ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform margin; Diagenesis; Palaeoceanography; Pennsylvanian; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 67651151244     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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