Dissolution of titanomagnetite and sulphidization in sediments from Lake Kinneret, Israel

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-44

  Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic mineralogy and petrology; Magnetostratigraphy; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

AL CONTENT; CUBIC CRYSTAL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS; GREIGITES; HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITION; IN-LINE; IRON SULPHIDE; LAKE KINNERET; LOW DEGREE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NONMAGNETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPACE BETWEEN; STEEL CORE; SUBMICRON; SULPHIDIZATION; TITANOMAGNETITES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; CRACKS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ILMENITE; IRON; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

DISSOLUTION;

CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; GEOMAGNETISM; GREIGITE; ILMENITE; IRON OXIDE; IRON SULFIDE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PYRITE; SPHERULE; SULFIDE; TITANOMAGNETITE;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

SPHERULES;

EID: 81155161806     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05120.x     Document Type: Article

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