Mineralogy and geochemistry of late Eocene silicified wood from Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 127-140

  Mustoe, George E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcedony; Opal A; Opal CT; Petrified wood; Silicification

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; SILICA;

CHALCEDONY; DIAGENETIC TRANSFORMATION; OPAL-A; PETRIFIED WOOD; SILICA DEPOSITION; SILICA POLYMORPHS; SILICIFICATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

WOOD;

CHALCEDONY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAHAR; MINERALOGY; OPAL; PARENT MATERIAL; SILICIFICATION; WOOD;

EID: 75249106213     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2435(09)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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