Depth and seasonality of alkenone production along the California margin inferred from a core top transect

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-271

  Herbert, T D ^a   Schuffert, J D ^a   Thomas, D ^a,d   Lange, C ^b   Weinheimer, A ^b   Peleo Alampay, A ^b   Herguera, J C ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOCLIMATE;

USA;

EID: 0031723014     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98PA00069     Document Type: Article

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