Automicrite in a 'nummulite bank' from the Monte Saraceno (Southern Italy): Evidence for synsedimentary cementation

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 878-889

  Guido, Adriano ^a   Papazzoni, Cesare A ^b   Mastandrea, Adelaide ^a   Morsilli, Michele ^c   La Russa, Mauro F ^a   Tosti, Fabio ^a   Russo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automicrite; Cementation; Monte Saraceno; Nummulite bank; Organic matter; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMICRITE; CEMENTATION; MONTE SARACENO; NUMMULITE BANK; ORGANIC MATTER; SOUTHERN ITALY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS);

AUTOCHTHON; CEMENTATION; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MICRITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFACIES; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABILIZATION;

GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79956038469     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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