Volcanogenic-hydrothermal iron-rich materials from the southern part of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 15-25

  Iyer, S D ^a   Gupta, S M ^a   Charan, S N ^b   Mills, O P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrovolcanism; Indian Ocean; Magnetite spherules

Indexed keywords

INDIAN OCEAN; PARTICLE; SEDIMENT;

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGNETITE; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032966024     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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