High-resolution elemental records from the South China Sea and their paleoproductivity implications

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Wei, Gangjian ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Li, Xianhua ^a   Chen, Muhong ^b   Wei, Wuchang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Element records; Paleoproductivity; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTON; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0142048793     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000826     Document Type: Article

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