A preliminary study of elemental geochemistry and its potential application in Antarctic Seal palaeoecology

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Yin, Xuebin ^a   Zhu, Renbin ^a   Xie, Zhouqing ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Elemental geochemistry; Palaeoecology; Sediments influenced by seal excrement

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 20444420878     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.39.47     Document Type: Article

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