Occurrence and environmental implications of magnetic iron sulfides in stiff muds from the continental shelf of the East China Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 300-305

  Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Gu, Jiawei ^b   Li, Yanhong ^b   Li, Weixian ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c No 1 Marine Geological Investigation Team   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); MAGNETIC IRON SULFIDES; STIFF MUDS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 29544452696     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-005-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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