Silica depletion in the thermocline of the glacial North Pacific: Corollaries and implications

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1885-1904

  Berger, W H ^a   Lange, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SILICA; THERMOCLINE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032143762     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80021-0     Document Type: Article

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