Organic matter in the genesis of high-island atoll peloidal phosphorites: The lagoonal link

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 891-897

  Trichet, Jean ^a   Fikri, Abdelouahad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EARLY DIAGENESIS; HUMIC COMPOUNDS; LAMINATED STRUCTURES; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0031457192     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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