Possible detrital, diagenetic and hydrothermal sources for Holocene sediments of the Andaman backarc basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 178-193

  Kurian, Siby ^a   Nath, B Nagender ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Naman, D ^a   Gnaneshwar Rao, T ^b   Kamesh Raju, K A ^a   Selvaraj, K ^c   Chen, C T A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andaman backarc basin; geochemical tracers; hydrothermal mineralization; Irrawaddy River; rare earth elements; volcanic sources

Indexed keywords

ANDAMAN BACKARC BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL TRACERS; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; IRRAWADDY RIVER; VOLCANIC SOURCES;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBONATE; CORE ANALYSIS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; DILUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TRACER; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ANDAMAN BACKARC BASIN; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRRAWADDY RIVER; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 37549009079     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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