Early diagenesis of germanium in sediments of the Antarctic South Atlantic: In search of the missing Ge sink

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1375-1390

  King, S L ^a   Froelich, P N ^a   Jahnke, R A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; GERMANIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034111358     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00406-8     Document Type: Article

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