Sapropel-like Pliocene sediments of Sicily deposited under oxygenated bottom water

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Daux, Valérie ^a,b   Foucault, Alain ^c   Melieres, Frédéric ^c   Turpin, Mélanie ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Early diagenesis; Manganese; Mediterranean; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; OSTRACOD; OXIDATION; PLIOCENE; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 33751102119     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.177.2.79     Document Type: Article

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