Late-Quaternary biogenic productivity and organic carbon deposition in the eastern Arabian Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-60

  Agnihotri, Rajesh ^a   Sarin, M M ^a   Somayajulu, B L K ^a   Jull, A J T ^b   Burr, G S ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); Organic carbon; Sedimentation rate; Southwest monsoon; Surface productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

(EAST); ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0042705050     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00385-7     Document Type: Article

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