Early sediment diagenesis on the Blake/Bahama Outer Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean, and its effects on sediment magnetism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7903-7914

  Schwartz, Martha ^a   Lund, Steve P ^a   Hammond, Douglas E ^a   Schwartz, Richard ^b,c   Wong, Kathy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Torrance High School   (United States)

^c Torrrance High School   (United States)

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EID: 0000250263     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
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