Chapter 1 The Geochemistry of Continental Carbonates

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 62, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1-59

  Deocampo, Daniel M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authigenic carbonate; carbonate geochemistry; ostracods; pedogenic carbonate; stable isotopes; tufa

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149104943     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(09)06201-3     Document Type: Review

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