A deglacial-middle Holocene record of biogenic sedimentation and paleoproductivity changes from the northern Norwegian continental shelf

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Knies, Jochen ^a   Hald, Morten ^b   Ebbesen, Hanne ^b   Mann, Ute ^c   Vogt, Christoph ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Norwegian continental shelf; organic sedimentation; paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SHELF [NORTH SEA];

EID: 1642315499     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000872     Document Type: Article

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