Opal content in the Ría de Vigo and Galician continental shelf: Biogenic silica in the muddy fraction as an accurate paleoproductivity proxy

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1249-1264

  Bernárdez, Patricia ^a,b   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Francés, Guillermo ^a   González Álvarez, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galician continental shelf; Grain size; Opal; Paleoproductivity; Ria; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; OPAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 17844373310     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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