Processes of holocene ferromanganese-coated grains (oncolites) in the nearshore shelf of Cameroon

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-36

  Giresse, Pierre ^a   Wiewióra, Andrzej ^a   Lacka, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COATINGS; FERROALLOYS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXIDE MINERALS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; EARLY HOLOCENE; FECAL PELLETS; METALLIC LUSTER; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SUSPENDED MATTERS;

SEDIMENTS;

FERROMANGANESE COATING; HOLOCENE; ONCOLITE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0031749034     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42686F3-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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