The surface ocean productivity and bottom water oxygen signals in deep water benthic foraminiferal assemblages

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 247-261

  Loubere, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE; FORAMINIFERA; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE OCEAN; SURFACE WATER;

PACIFIC, (EAST);

UVIGERINA;

EID: 0030222943     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(96)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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