Insights into the formation of San Clemente Basin, off Baja California, México: Lithological observations and geochemistry of marine minerals

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Aguirre Bielschowsky, I ^a   Ledesma Vazquez J ^a   Daessle L W ^a   Rendon Marquez G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

California borderland; Phosphorite; Polymetallic crusts; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LITHOLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

PHOSPHORITE; POLYMETALLIC CRUSTS; SAN CLEMENTE BASIN;

UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MIOCENE; PHOSPHORITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND; SAN NICOLAS BASIN; SANTA CLARA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249654558     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190701372263     Document Type: Article

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