Late quaternary productivity changes in the western equatorial Atlantic: Evidence from 230Th-normalized carbonate and organic carbon accumulation rates

Marine Geology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 127-152

  Ruhlemann C ^a   Frank, M ^b   Hale, W ^a   Mangini, A ^b   Mulitza, S ^a   Muller P J ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

230Thorium normalization; carbonate accumulation; Ceara Rise; marine organic carbon accumulation; paleoproductivity; planktonic foraminifera fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ACCUMULATION; LATE QUATERNARY; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS;

ATLANTIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0030435004     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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