Gulf of Guinea continental slope and Congo (Zaire) deep-sea fan: Sr-Pb isotopic constraints on sediments provenance from ZaiAngo cores

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Bentahila, Yasmine ^a   Hebrard, Olivier ^b   Ben Othman, Dalila ^a   Luck, Jean Marc ^a   Seranne, Michel ^a   Lopez, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Maison des Sciences de l'Eau   (France)

Author keywords

Congo; Deep sea fan; Marine sediment; Pb Sr isotopes; Transport process; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CONGO; DEEP-SEA FAN; MARINE SEDIMENT; PB-SR ISOTOPES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WEST AFRICA;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 32544442671     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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