Phosphate Deposits of the World

Phosphate Deposits of the World

Volume 3, Neogene to Modern Phosphorites

Herausgeber: Burnett, William C.; William C., Burnett; Riggs, Stanley R.
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Marine phosphorites, the principal raw material for phosphatic fertilizers, do not occur uniformly through time and space. The origin of these unusual sedimentary rocks appears to be related mainly to marine biological productivity, often associated with upwelling currents during certain intervals of geological time. This book examines the environmental setting and resulting phosphorites which formed during the Miocene, one of the major and most recent phosphogenic periods throughout the geologic record. In addition, an oceanographic perspective is given by investigations of modern oceanic env...