Clay mineral distributions in and around the Mississippi River watershed and Northern Gulf of Mexico: sources and transport patterns

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 1740-1751

  Sionneau, T ^a   Bout Roumazeilles, V ^a   Biscaye, P E ^b   Van Vliet Lanoe, B ^c   Bory, A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KAOLINITE; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; WATERSHEDS;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CLAY MINERALS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLAY MINERAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE BASIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; NEW MINERAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249103386     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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