Lack of organic matter accumulation on the upwelling- influenced Somalia margin in a glacial-interglacial transition

Marine Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 157-182

  Tribovillard, Nicolas Pierre ^a   Caulet, Jean Pierre ^b   Vergnaud Grazzini, Colette ^c   Moureau, Nicole ^d   Tremblay, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN, SOMALIA MARGIN;

EID: 0030219727     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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