Palaeogroundwater evolution in playa-lake environments. Sedimentary facies and stable isotope record (Palaeogene, Almazán basin, Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 135-148

  Huerta, Pedro ^a   Armenteros, Ildefonso ^a   Recio, Clemente ^a   Blanco, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Gypsum; Non marine; O and S stable isotopes; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL LAKE; EVAPORITE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GYPSUM; HISTORICAL RECORD; MUDFLAT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TERTIARY;

ALMAZAN BASIN; CASTILLA Y LEON; SORIA [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75849125908     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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