Settling, dissolution and burial of biogenic silica in the sediments off Somalia (northwestern Indian Ocean)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 1341-1360

  Koning, Erica ^a   Brummer, Geert Jan ^a   Van Raaphorst, Wim ^a   Van Bennekom, Johan ^a   Helder, Willem ^a   Van Iperen, Jolanda ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; SEDIMENT; SILICA;

INDIAN OCEAN, (NORTHWEST); SOMALIA;

EID: 0031424707     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00018-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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