Microfossils, carbonate lysocline and compensation depth in surface sediments of the northeastern South China Sea

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-606

  Chen, Ronghua ^a   Xu, Jian ^b   Meng, Yi ^c   Wang, Dongjun ^a   Liu, Chuanlian ^b   Huang, Baoqi ^b   Zhang, Fuyuan ^a  

^a Key Lab of Submarine Geosci State   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonate compensation depth (CCD); Carbonate lysocline depth; Microfossils; South China Sea (SCS); Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; LYSOCLINE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0347930552     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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