Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of surficial sediments from the Northern Rias: Implications for sediment provenance and impact of the source rocks

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-72

  Bernárdez, Patricia ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^a   Giralt, Santiago ^b   Esteve, Jaume ^c   Caetano, Miguel ^d   Parra, Santiago ^e   Francés, Guillermo ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elemental geochemistry; Land sea exchange; Mineralogy; NW Iberian Peninsula; Ria; Surficial sediment

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITIC ROCKS; HEAVY MINERALS; HIGH-CONTENT; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REGIONAL VARIATION; RIA; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCKS; SURROUNDING ROCK; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRANITE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; MINING; MUSCOVITE; PROVENANCE; PYRITE; QUARTZ; RIA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOURCE ROCK; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84055200442     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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