A comparative study of modern carbonate mud in reefs and carbonate platforms: Mostly biogenic, some precipitated

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 292, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-55

  Gischler, Eberhard ^a   Dietrich, Sarah ^a   Harris, Daniel ^b   Webster, Jody M ^b   Ginsburg, Robert N ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Carbonate; Carbonate platform; Mud; Neritic; Reef

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MUD; NERITIC;

ALGAE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REEFS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBONATION;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; COCCOLITH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MESOZOIC; MUD; REEF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; BAHAMAS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; CODIACEAE; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84878547115     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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