Nature and origin of carbonate particles along a transect the western margin of Great Bahama Bank (Middle Miocene): Sedimentary processes and depositional model

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-244

  Turpin, Mélanie ^a   Emmanuel, Leurent ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Bahamas; Export processes; Fine grained carbonate particles; Middle Miocene; Periplatform oozes

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRANULOMETRY; MIOCENE; OOZE; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 46949093880     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.3.231     Document Type: Article

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