Sedimentary iron cycling and the origin and preservation of magnetization in platform carbonate muds, Andros Island, Bahamas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 581-598

  Maloof, Adam C ^a   Kopp, Robert E ^b   Grotzinger, John P ^b   Fike, David A ^c   Bosak, Tanja ^c   Vali, Hojotollah ^d   Poussart, Pascale M ^a   Weiss, Benjamin P ^c   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bahamas; carbonate platform; paleomagnetism; parasequence; sedimentary magnetism

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOFOSSIL STRATIGRAPHIES; SEDIMENTARY MAGNETISM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE MINERALS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IRON; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ANDROS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANSER;

EID: 34250826614     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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