Variation in bioturbation with water depth on marine slopes: A study on the Little Bahamas Bank

Marine Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 105-118

  Henderson, Gideon M ^a   Lindsay, Fara N ^a   Slowey, Niall C ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Bioturbation; Continental slope; Pb 210

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032785352     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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