Significance of the sedimentary Al:Ti ratio as an indicator for variations in the circulation patterns of the equatorial North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 789-799

  Zabel, Matthias ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^a   Dittert, Lars ^a   Haese, Ralf R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TITANIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033497665     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900027     Document Type: Article

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