Variations of biogenic particle flux in the Southern Atlantic section of the Subantarctic Zone during the Late Quaternary: Evidence from sedimentary 231Pa(ex) and 230Th(ex)

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 63-78

  Asmus, T ^a   Frank, M ^a   Koschmieder, C ^a   Frank, N ^a   Gersonde, R ^b   Kuhn, G ^b   Mangini, A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Advection; Biogenic particle flux; North Atlantic Deep Water; Pa 231; Southern Ocean; Th 230

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; PROTACTINIUM ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032768078     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00199-6     Document Type: Article

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