Early diagenesis of biogenic silica in the Amazon delta: Alteration, authigenic clay formation, and storage

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1061-1085

  Michalopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Aller, Robert C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BIOGENIC MINERAL; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; MINERAL ALTERATION; SILICA;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542376148     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.07.018     Document Type: Article

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