Rare earth and metal geochemistry of land and submarine phosphorites in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-349

  Daessle L W ^a,b   Carriquiry, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baja California; Geochemistry; Metals; Phosphate; Phosphorite; Rare earth elements; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; EARTH SCIENCES; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LANTHANUM; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBMARINES; WEATHERING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ICP-AES; ME-XICO; PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; SHALLOWER WATERS;

SEDIMENTATION;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; MINERALIZATION; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57449101832     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190802382633     Document Type: Article

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