Oxygenation changes in the deep western Arabian Sea during the last 190,000 years: Productivity versus deepwater circulation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a   Leuschner, Dirk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FORAMINIFERA; MONSOON; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES;

EID: 26244442124     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001044     Document Type: Article

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