Quantitative composition of benthic foraminiferal assemblages as a proxy indicator for organic carbon flux rates in the South China Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 123-157

  Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Hess, Silvia ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Carbon flux; Correspondence analysis; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; FORAMINIFERA; ORGANIC CARBON;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033560118     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00176-5     Document Type: Article

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