Searching for travertines, calcretes and speleothems in deep time: Processes, appearances, predictions and the impact of plants

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-239

  Brasier, A T ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Palaeozoic; Precambrian; Speleothem; Terrestrial vegetation; Travertine

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEVONIAN; PALEOZOIC; PETROGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPELEOTHEM; TRAVERTINE; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78650835475     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.007     Document Type: Review

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