Oligocene to Holocene glauconite-phosphorite grains from the Head of the Cape Canyon on the western margin of South Africa

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1375-1395

  Wigley, Rochelle ^a   Compton, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbonate fluorapatite; Continental margin; Glauconite; Phosphorite; Rare earth elements; Shelf

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENGINEERING; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; WATER;

CARBONATE FLUORAPATITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLAUCONITE; PHOSPHORITE; SHELF;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

FLUORAPATITE; GLAUCONITE; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PHOSPHORITE; QUATERNARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REGRESSION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE CANYON;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34547808179     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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