Grain-size variations in pelagic carbonate oozes from the Walvis Ridge-SE Atlantic Ocean (ODP Site 1265): A low resolution Miocene record of carbonate sedimentation and preservation

Marine Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 97-108

  Kastanja, Mia Maria ^a   Henrich, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbonate dissolution; Miocene; silt analysis; Walvis Ridge South Atlantic; winnowing

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; MIOCENE; SILT ANALYSIS; WALVIS RIDGE-SOUTH ATLANTIC; WINNOWING;

CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; SAND; SILT;

SEDIMENTATION;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COOLING; DISSOLUTION; FORAMINIFERA; GRAIN SIZE; LYSOCLINE; MIOCENE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SILT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 33846304651     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.040     Document Type: Article

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