Estimating the contribution of the authigenic mineral component to the long-term reactive silica accumulation on the western shelf of the Mississippi River Delta

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 823-838

  Presti, Massimo ^a   Michalopoulos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Diatoms; Early diagenesis; Mississippi Delta; Reverse weathering

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CATION; COASTAL ZONE; DIAGENESIS; DIATOM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOXIA; LEACHATE; LIMITING FACTOR; POREWATER; SEAWATER; SILICA; WEATHERING;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 40149111361     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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