A comparative study of iron and manganese diagenesis in continental slope and deep sea basin sediments off Uruguay (SW Atlantic)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 619-629

  Haese, R R ^a,c   Schramm, J ^a   Van Rutgers Der Loeff, M M ^b   Schulz, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Argentine Basin; Early diagenesis; Iron; Manganese; Redox cycling; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON DIAGENESIS; MANGANESE DIAGENESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REACTION MECHANISM; REDOX REACTION; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URUGUAY; WATER ANALYSIS;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; IRON; MANGANESE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; URUGUAY SLOPE;

EID: 0342803170     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050292     Document Type: Article

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