TEM study of Mg distribution in micrite crystals from the Mishrif reservoir Formation (Middle East, Cenomanian to Early Turonian)

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Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-612

  Volery, Chadia ^a,b   Suvorova, Elena ^c   Buffat, Philippe ^c   Davaud, Eric ^a   Caline, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

Mg; Micrite; Microporosity; Mishrif; TEM

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; MICRITE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 80052971536     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-010-0257-6     Document Type: Article

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