Preferential settling of smectite on the Amazon continental shelf

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Patchineelam, S M ^a   De Figueiredo, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION; SMECTITE;

AMAZON CONTINENTAL SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033880706     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670000035     Document Type: Article

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