Fast reconnaissance of carbonate dissolution based on the size distribution of calcareous ooze on Walvis Ridge, SE Atlantic Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 581-589

  Stuut, Jan Berend W ^a,b,d   Prins, Maarten A ^c   Fred Jansen, J H ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate dissolution; Carbonate fragmentation; Grain size distribution; Laser diffraction particle sizer; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; WIND-DRIVEN UPWELLING;

CARBONATES; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CALCAREOUS ALGA; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; FORAMINIFERA; FRAGMENTATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; OOZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037110667     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00478-4     Document Type: Article

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