Petrogenesis of ferromanganese nodules from east of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Basin, Indian Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 145-158

  Banerjee, Ranadip ^a   Roy, Supriya ^b   Dasgupta, Somnath ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Subir ^b   Miura, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biota; Chemical composition; Diagenesis; Ferromanganese nodules; Microstructure; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032956064     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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