Ferromanganese crusts as indicators for paleoceanographic events in the NE Atlantic

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-576

  Koschinsky, A ^a   Halbach, P ^a   Hein, J R ^b   Mangini, A ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese crusts; Mediterranean outflow water; Messinian salinity crisis; NE Atlantic; Paleoceanographic events; Phosphatization

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CAINOZOIC; FERROMANGANESE CRUST; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATIZATION;

ATLANTIC, LION SEAMOUNT; ATLANTIC, TROPIC SEAMOUNT;

EID: 0030439869     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02369011     Document Type: Article

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