Early diagenetic processes in recent sediments of the Gulf of St-Lawrence: Phosphorus, carbon and iron burial rates

Marine Geology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 181-200

  Louchouarn, P ^a,b   Lucotte, M ^a   Duchemin, E ^a   De Vernal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL RATES; CARBON; DIAGENESIS; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031007091     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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