Hydrocarbon-derived ferromanganese nodules in carbonate-mud mounds from the Gulf of Cadiz: Mud-breccia sediments and clasts as nucleation sites

Marine Geology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 64-81

  Gonzalez F J ^a   Somoza, L ^a   Lunar, R ^b   Martinez Frias J ^c   Martin Rubi J A ^a   Torres, T ^d   Ortiz, J E ^d   Diaz del Rio V ^e   Pinheiro, L M ^f   Magalhaes V H ^f  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biomineralization processes; birnessite; Fe Mn nodules; goethite; Gulf of Cadiz; hydrocarbon seeps; rhodochrosite; siderite

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESSES; BIRNESSITE; FE-MN NODULES; GOETHITE; GULF OF CADIZ; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; RHODOCHROSITE; SIDERITE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENDRIMERS; FELDSPAR; FERTILIZERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE NODULES; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POTASSIUM; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEXTURES; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BRECCIA; CLAST; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; GOETHITE; HYDROCARBON; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARL; MIOCENE; NODULATION; NUCLEATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349225857     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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