Bioturbation, geochemistry and geotechnics of sediments affected by the oxygen minimum zone on the Oman continental slope and abyssal plain, Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 259-280

  Meadows, Azra ^a   Meadows, Peter S ^a   West, Fraser J C ^a   Murray, John M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BIOTURBATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033989762     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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