Seawater-mediated interactions between diatomaceous silica and terrigenous sediments: Results from long-term incubation experiments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 68-79

  Loucaides, Socratis ^a   Michalopoulos, Panagiotis ^b   Presti, Massimo ^b   Koning, Erica ^c   Behrends, Thilo ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Oceanography Hellenic Center of Marine Research (HCMR)   (Greece)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Diagenesis; Mineral formation; Reverse weathering; Solubility

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LABORATORY METHOD; SILICA; SOLUBILITY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO FAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA PUNCTIGERA;

EID: 74449088541     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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