The chemistry of manganese ores through time: A signal of increasing diversity of earth-surface environments

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-552

  Maynard, J Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CAMBRIANS; CHEMICAL DIVERSITY; DEEP OCEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC TYPE; GLOBAL CONTROL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON FORMATION; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LIFE FORM; MANGANESE ORE; METALLOGENESIS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SEA NODULES; SHARP INCREASE; SULFIDIC DEEP WATER; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; TIME TRENDS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DEPOSITS; EUROPIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; IRON DEPOSITS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

MANGANESE DEPOSITS;

DEEP SEA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MANGANESE; OLIGOCENE; ORE GRADE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; METAZOA;

EID: 78149446017     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.3.535     Document Type: Article

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