Phosphate minerals formed by reaction of bird guano with basalt at Cooks Head Rock and Green Island, Otago, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 487-495

  Landis, C A ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cooks Head Rock; Green Island; Guano; Leucophosphite; Otago; Phosphate minerals; Soils; Taranakite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL REACTION; GUANO; LEUCOPHOSPHITE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PHOSPHATE; TARANAKITE;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES;

EID: 0038421017     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517739     Document Type: Article

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