Palaeoceanographic conditions during the formation of a ferromanganese crust from the Afanasiy-Nikitin seamount, North Central Indian Ocean: Geochemical evidence

Marine Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 299-315

  Banakar, V K ^a   Pattan, J N ^a   Mudholkar, A V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Ocean; ferromanganese crust; geochemistry; palaeoceanography; seamount

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE CRUST; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEOGENE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNTS;

INDIAN OCEAN, AFANASIY-NIKITIN SEAMOUNT;

EID: 0030621397     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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