Grain coatings: Diagenesis of Jurassic sandstones in south-central Utah and implications for targeting fossil microbes on Mars

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Mahaney, W C ^a   Netoff, Dennis I ^b   Dohm, James ^c,d   Hancock, R G V ^e   Krinsley, Dave ^f  

^a Quaternary Surveys   (Canada)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Navajo and Entrada sandstones; Sand coatings; Sand grain weathering

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN PROCESS; CLAY MINERALOGY; CLIMATIC ZONE; CROSS CHECK; GRAIN COLLISIONS; HOST ROCKS; JURASSIC; MICRO-FEATURE; MICROFEATURES; NAVAJO AND ENTRADA SANDSTONES; PIPE STRUCTURE; RED PLANET; SAND GRAIN WEATHERING; SEM; SMECTITE CLAYS; XRD;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COATINGS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTH (PLANET); FLUIDIZATION; MICA; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PIPE; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

CLAY MINERALS;

DIAGENESIS; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLUIDIZATION; FOSSIL; HOST ROCK; JURASSIC; MARS; SABKHA; SANDSTONE; SMECTITE; WEATHERING;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77955841865     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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