Palaeoproductivity at the Antarctic continental margin: Opal and barium records for the last 400 ka

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 195-211

  Bonn, Wolfgang J ^a   Gingele, Franz X ^b   Grobe, Hannes ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a   Fütterer, Dieter K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic continental margin; Barium; Late Quaternary; Opal; Palaeoproductivity

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGENIC OPAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032080096     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00144-2     Document Type: Article

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