Tectonic processes in Papua New Guinea and past productivity in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6728, 1999, Pages 601-604

  Wells, Mark L ^a,b   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^c   Silver, Eli A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SCIENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033561480     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19281     Document Type: Article

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