Reconstructing a 180 yr record of natural and anthropogenic induced low-oxygen conditions from Louisiana continental shelf sediments

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-332

  Osterman, Lisa E ^a   Poore, Richard Z ^a   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb; Benthic foraminifers; Hypoxia; Louisiana continental shelf; PEB index

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORES;

DATA REDUCTION; DRAINAGE; OXYGEN; RIVERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144378606     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21341.1     Document Type: Article

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