Barium cycling in the North Pacific: Implications for the utility of Ba as a paleoproductivity and paleoalkalinity proxy

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-61

  McManus, James ^a,c   Berelson, William M ^b   Hammond, Douglas E ^b   Klinkhammer, Gary P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BARIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; TRACER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033019767     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998PA900007     Document Type: Article

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