Enhanced deepwater circulation and shift of sedimentary organic matter oxidation pathway in the Okinawa Trough since the Holocene

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Kao, S J ^a,b   Horng, C S ^c   Hsu, S C ^a   Wei, K Y ^d   Chen, J ^a   Lin, Y S ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY MAGNETIC FABRIC;

GEOPHYSICS;

HOLOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 25844516488     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023139     Document Type: Article

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