Late Quaternary fluctuations of biogenic component fluxes on the continental slope of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 515-525

  Ceccaroni, L ^a   Frank, M ^b   Frignani, M ^a   Langone, L ^a   Ravaioli, M ^a   Mangini, A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

230Th(ex); Glacial interglacial; Palaeoproductivity; Ross Sea; Sediment core

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PARTICULATE FLUX; QUATERNARY;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0032438518     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00061-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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