Evaluating optical lightness as a proxy for carbonate content in marine sediment cores

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 141-153

  Balsam, William L ^a   Deaton, Bobby C ^b   Damuth, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine sediment; ODP Hole 997A; Optical lightness; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032707773     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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