Glacial-interglacial variability in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen minimum zone recorded by redox-sensitive trace metals

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Nameroff, T J ^a   Calvert, S E ^b   Murray, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Marine sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACE METAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 18344407997     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000912     Document Type: Article

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