Calcitization of aragonite speleothems in limestone caves in Korea: Diagenetic process in a semiclosed system

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 297-306

  Woo, Kyung Sik ^a   Choi, Don Won ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcitization; Carbon isotope; Diagenetic system; Korea; Limestone cave; Neomorphic replacement; Oxygen isotope; Speleothem; Trace element

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAVES; ISOTOPES; LIME; LIMESTONE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARAGONITE; CALCITIZATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIAGENETICS; KOREA; NEOMORPHIC REPLACEMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPELEOTHEM;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE; EVAPORATION; LIMESTONE; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

KOREA;

EID: 73949092102     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(25)     Document Type: Article

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