Stable isotopes in benthic foraminiferal calcite from a river-influenced Arctic marine environment, Kara and Pechora Seas

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Polyak, Leonid ^a   Stanovoy, Vladimir ^b   Lubinski, David J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic seas; Benthic foraminifers; Near estuarine environment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

KARA SEA; PECHORA SEA;

ELPHIDIUM; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0038502132     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001PA000752     Document Type: Article

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