Variations of oxygen-minimum and primary productivity recorded in sediments of the Arabian Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-221

  Schulte, Sonja ^a,b   Rostek, Frauke ^a   Bard, Edouard ^a   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^b   Marchal, Olivier ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Indian Ocean; Organic compounds; Oxygen; Paleo oceanography; Productivity; Sea water

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033619621     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00232-0     Document Type: Article

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