Origin and diagenesis of blue-green clays and volcanic glass in the Pleistocene of the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Marginal Ridge (ODP Leg 159, Site 959)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 247-269

  Giresse, Pierre ^a   Wiewióra, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Ridge; Diagenesis; Smectites; Volcanic glass; Wind transport; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIAGENESIS; SOURCE ROCK; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 17544388422     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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