Rinded iron-oxide concretions: Hallmarks of altered siderite masses of both early and late diagenetic origin

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1769-1781

  Loope, David B ^a   Kettler, Richard M ^a   Weber, Karrie A ^a,b   Hinrichs, Nathan L ^a   Burgess, Derek T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concretion; Dakota Formation; Navajo Sandstone; Nebraska; Palaeosol; Rattlestone; Siderite

Indexed keywords

CONCRETION; DAKOTA FORMATION; NEBRASKA; PALAEOSOL; RATTLESTONE; SIDERITE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; IRON ORES; METHANE; OXIDATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER;

IRON OXIDES;

CONCRETION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; IRON OXIDE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER CHANNEL; SIDERITE;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866446962     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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