Holocene ooids of Aitutaki Atool, Cook Islands, South Pacific

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 971-974

  Rankey, Eugene C ^a   Reeder, Stacy Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC BASIN; CALCITE CRYSTALS; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL FACTORS; HOLOCENES; MARINE CARBONATES; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SHARP INCREASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; WATER DEPTH;

ALKALINITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; MINERALOGY; PH EFFECTS; REEFS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

SAND;

ALKALINITY; ATOLL; HOLOCENE; OOID; PH; SAND; SUPERSATURATION;

AITUTAKI; COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 70450203822     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30332A.1     Document Type: Article

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