Long-timescale variation in bulk and clay mineral composition of Indian continental margin sediments in the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 117-138

  Phillips, Stephen C ^a   Johnson, Joel E ^a   Underwood, Michael B ^b   Guo, Junhua ^b   Giosan, Liviu ^c   Rose, Kelly ^d  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorite; Deccan basalt; Gas hydrate; Illite; Indian Ocean; Kaolinite; Smectite; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914105216     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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