Manganese mineralogy and diagenesis in the sedimentary rock record

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-231

  Johnson, Jena E ^a   Webb, Samuel M ^b   Ma, Chi ^a   Fischer, Woodward W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; RHODOCHROSITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 84946945039     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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