TY - JOUR ID - TI - PETROGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF PHOSPHATE COMPONENTS OF EAST MEDITERRANIAN PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITS AU - Yehya T. Al-Rawi AU - Ibrahim Q. Mohamed AU - Asma A. Aba-Hussain AU - Khaldoun S. Al-Bassam PY - 2010 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 65 EP - 79 JO - Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining مجلة الجيولوجيا والتعدين العراقية SN - 18114539 AB - An attempt has been made in this paper to present a classification of phosphorites with precise definition and description of phosphate components based on external shape and internal structure. The proposed classification is the result of macroscopic and microscopic examination of several hundreds phosphorite samples from the East Mediterranean deposits (Late Cretaceous and Paleogene). The classification is designed in the way that can be used to predict depositional environment.

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