Seasonal oxygen depletion in continental-shelf waters of Louisiana: Historical record of benthic foraminifers

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-230

  Sen Gupta, Barun K ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; RIVER-BORNE NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN DEPLETION;

OXYGEN; NUTRIENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOXIA; LEAD-LEAD DATING; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; OXYGEN DEPLETION;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029729578     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0227:SODICS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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