Reductive diagenesis, magnetite dissolution, greigite growth and paleomagnetic smoothing in marine sediments: A new view

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Rowan, Christopher J ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Broadbent, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

greigite; hysteresis; magnetite dissolution; sediment diagenesis; sulfate reduction; superparamagnetism

Indexed keywords

A STABLES; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; DIAGENETIC; EARLY DIAGENESISES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ANALYSIS; GREIGITE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; IRON SULFIDES; JAPAN SEAS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALEOMAGNETIC RECORDS; PALEOMAGNETIC SIGNALS; PLEISTOCENE; RECORDED SIGNALS; REDUCING ENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SULFATE REDUCTION; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DISSOLUTION; ELASTICITY; FLOW OF WATER; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYSTERESIS; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; METHANE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE REDUCTION; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; GREIGITE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUCLEATION; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; OMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749121221     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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