Carbonaceous and phosphate-rich sediments of the Miocene Monterey Formation at El Capitan State Beach, California, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 252-267

  John, Cédric M ^a,b   Föllmi, Karl B ^a   De Kaenel, Eric ^c   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Steinmann, Philipp ^a   Badertscher, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c DeKaenel Paleo Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZERS; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION;

ACCUMULATION RATES; COMPLEX PHOSPHATE; MONTEREY FORMATION; ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATIONS; PHOSPHATE ACCUMULATION; PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE (ORGANIC); PHOSPHOGENESIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; EL CAPITAN STATE BEACH; MONTEREY; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748710636     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/080701720252     Document Type: Article

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