Paleoproductivity and paleoceanographic changes in the Amirante Passage area (Equatorial Indian Ocean): A 200 kyr interval of lower pelagic productivity

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 899-914

  Jacot Des Combes, Hélène ^a,b   Tribovillard, Nicolas P ^a   Caulet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Barium; Geochemical proxies; NW Indian Ocean; Paleoproductivity; Pelagic sedimentation; Radiolarian index

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PELAGIC DEPOSIT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033500905     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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