Joint controlled fluid flow patterns and iron mass transfer in Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southern Utah, USA

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-198

  Potter, S L ^a   Chan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Concretions; Diagenesis; Iron; Mars; Navajo Sandstone; Oxide oxyhydroxide

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CONCRETION; DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; IRON OXIDE; JURASSIC; LARAMIDE OROGENY; MARS; MASS TRANSFER; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; NUCLEATION; SANDSTONE; SPHERULE; TRACE ELEMENT;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

SPHERULES; VACCINIUM;

EID: 79955715077     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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