Silicified serpentinite - A residuum of a Tertiary palaeo-weathering surface in the United Arab Emirates

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-395

  Lacinska, Alicja M ^a   Styles, Michael T ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

incongruent dissolution; microquartz; Semail Ophiolite; serpentinite; silcrete; silicification

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; SILICA; SILICATES; TEXTURES; WEATHERING;

INCONGRUENT DISSOLUTIONS; MICROQUARTZ; SEMAIL OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE; SILCRETES; SILICIFICATION;

MAGNESITE;

DISSOLUTION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SERPENTINITE; SILCRETE; SILICIFICATION; TERTIARY;

OMAN; SEMAIL OPHIOLITE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84875993074     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000325     Document Type: Article

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