Whiting-related sediment export along the Middle Miocene carbonate ramp of Great Bahama Bank

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1875-1893

  Turpin, Mélanie ^a,c   Emmanuel, Laurent ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^b   Renard, Maurice ^a  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aragonite needles; Bahamas; Export process; Granulometric separation; Stable isotopes; Whiting

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CARBONATE RAMP; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANULOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

ALGAE;

EID: 80355132383     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0627-x     Document Type: Article

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