Carbonate preservation patterns at the Ceará Rise - Evidence for the Pliocene super conveyor

Marine Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Frenz, Michael ^a   Henrich, Rüdiger ^a   Zychla, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbonate dissolution; Cear Rise; grain size; NADW; Pliocene super conveyor

Indexed keywords

CALCITE LYSOCLINE; CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; CEARÁ RISE; PLIOCENE SUPER CONVEYORS;

CALCITE; CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEA LEVEL;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION; LYSOCLINE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURN; PLIOCENE; PRESERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CEARA RISE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33750076400     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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