Fe-Mn nodules: The new discovery of the Gulf of Cádiz;Nódulos de hierro-manganeso: El nuevo descubrimiento del Golfo de Cádiz

Boletin Geologico y Minero

Volumn 117, Issue SPEC. ISSU, 2006, Pages 491-497

  Gonzalez F J ^a   Somoza, L ^a   Lunar, R ^b   Martinez Frias J ^c   Martin Rubi J A ^a   del Río, V Díaz ^d  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Fe Mn nodules; Goethite; Gulf of C diz; Hydrocarbon seeps

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349111491     PISSN: 03660176     EISSN: 22536167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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