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The Origin of the Supposed Tufa Bands in Carboniferous Reef Limestones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. W. Black
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Nottingham

Abstract

Thin bands of fibrous calcite occur in the Carboniferous reef limestones of northern England and have been regarded as bands of primary tufa within a marine limestone series. A study of these fibrous bands has been carried out and the results show conclusively that they are in fact secondary recrystallization structures.

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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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