Surface sediment distribution along the Chilean continental slope related to upwelling and productivity

Marine Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 119-137

  Hebbeln, D ^a   Marchant, M ^b   Freudenthal, T ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Y Oceanográficas   (Chile)

Author keywords

Peru Chile current; Planktic foraminifera; Productivity; Stable isotopes; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034654111     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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