Terrestrial organic carbon accumulation on the Amazon deep sea fan during the last glacial sea level low stand

Chemical Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 263-281

  Schlunz B ^a   Schneider, R R ^a   Muller P J ^a   Showers, W J ^b   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation budget; Amazon fan; Sea level; Terrestrial organic carbon

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; FAN DELTA; LAST GLACIAL; LOWSTAND; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344603876     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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