diagenesis

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di·a·gen·e·sis

(dī-ă-jen'ĕ-sĭs)

The process of converting sediment to rock.

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Magnetic susceptibility variations in carbonates of the La vid Group (Cantabrian Zone, NW-Spain) related to burial diagenesis.

Diagenetic influences on iron-bearing minerals in Devonian carbonate and siliciclastic rocks of Estonia / Diageneetiliste muutuste moju rauamineraalidele Eesti Devoni karbonaatsetes ja terrigeensetes kivimites

Estas hipotesis han sido agrupadas por Yudovich (2003b) en dos mecanismos fundamentales: un mecanismo de difusion, el cual opera durante la diagenesis del material organico acumulado y un mecanismo de filtracion, asociado a procesos ocurridos durante la acumulacion de turba.

Distribution of germanium in sediments and sedimentary rock: applications as an indicator of geochemical processes/Distribucion de germanio en sedimentos y rocas sedimentarias: aplicaciones como indicador de procesos geoquimicos/Distribuicao de germanio em sedimentos e rochas sedimentarias: aplicacoes como indicador de processos geoquimicos

Keywords: positron annihilation, opals, diagenesis, positronium, Doppler broadening, lifetime, rocks, sandstones, limestones, carbonates positron sources, DBS, PAL, PA

Studies of superlattice structure of opals as compared to other rocks by use of positron annihilation, x-ray powder diffraction and scanning electron microscopy methods

1984, The upper Smackover of the Gulf rim: depositional systems, diagenesis, porosity evolution and hydrocarbon production, in Ventress, W.

Getting our feet wet: ancient Alabama reefs

In the area of rock and mineral geochemistry, projects include investigation of the causes of clay and related mineral diagenesis, elucidation of the kinetics of complex carbonate formation, explanation of the formation and evolution of igneous rocks and their associated ore deposits from elemental and isotopic distribution data, and petrologic studies of meteorites.

A degree programme in geochemistry

A color guide to the petrography of carbonate rocks: Grains, texture, porosity and diagenesis, U.

Depositional system and sequence stratigraphy of Permian Amb Formation, Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan

The deposits are well preserved and unaffected by deep burial diagenesis and significant tectonic deformations.

Magnetic susceptibility of Middle Ordovician sedimentary rocks, Pakri Peninsula, NW Estonia/Pakri poolsaare Kesk-Ordoviitsiumi labiloike magnetiline vastuvotlikkus

1971) suggested that the primary lattice of belemnite "remained during early processes of diagenesis, but was later successively cemented, especially in those places where the post-mortally decomposed organic matter had disappeared".

On the microstructure, growth pattern and original porosity of belemnite rostra: insights from calcitic Jurassic belemnites

Con el nombre de diagenesis se denomina el conjunto de procesos fisicos y quimicos que transforman los sedimentos en rocas sedimentarias.

Petrografia de la ceramica Nimun y Baca (Vajilla Celestun Roja): Esfera Ceramica Canbalam de la Peninsula De Yucatan, Mexico/Raphy of the Nimun and Baca pottery (Ware Celestun Roja): Canbalam Ceramic Sphere of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

The sedimentation rate, sediment diagenesis, paleo-climatic changes, and the taphonomy and distribution of the microbotanical remains will be analyzed in order to evaluate the extent of the anthropogenic impact in the exposed profiles.

PaleoMicroBot: Palaeolithic Micro-botanical remains as a proxy for Human Occupation Intensities

Such process could not be involved in the normal thermal evolution of burial diagenesis sequence, because the rock would be highly compacted after high volumes of C[O.

Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of carbonate rocks of the Permian Qixia Formation, Sichuan basin: thermal effects of Emeishan Basalt/Composicion isotopica de oxigeno y carbon en rocas de carbonato de la formacion de edad permica Qixia, en la Cuenca de Sichuan: efectos termicos del Basalto Emeishan

Impact of diagenesis on reservoir quality in ramp carbonates: Gialo Formation (Middle Eocene) Sirt Basin Libya.

CARBON 13 AND OXYGEN 18 ISOTOPE RECORD OF THE EARLY EOCENE NAMMAL FORMATION SALT RANGE PAKISTAN