The Diagenesis of Biogenic Silica: Chemical Transformations Occurring in the Water Column, Seabed, and Crust

Treatise on Geochemistry

Volumn 7-9, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-12

  DeMaster, D J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BIOGENIC SILICA; CAMBRIANS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; LOWER CAMBRIANS; ORDOVICIAN; RADIOLARIA; SILICOFLAGELLATE; SKELETAL MATERIALS; WATER COLUMNS;

SILICATES;

EID: 84942412714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-043751-6/07095-X     Document Type: Chapter

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