Organic carbon accumulation over the last 16 kyr off Vancouver Island, Canada: Evidence for increased marine productivity during the deglacial

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 261-281

  McKay, J L ^a   Pedersen, T F ^b   Kienast, S S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALLEROD; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; UPWELLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 1242299589     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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