Diagenetic redistributions of redox-sensitive elements in northeast Atlantic glacial/interglacial transition sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 365-377

  Thomson, J ^a   Higgs, N C ^a   Colley, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armorican seamount atlantic ocean; Geochemistry; Glacial environment; Oxidation zone; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ELEMENT REDISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; HEINRICH EVENT; OXIDATION ZONE; REDOX SUCCESSION; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC, ARMORICAN SEAMOUNT;

EID: 0029730981     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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