Variability of unusual distributions of alkenones in the surface waters of the Nordic seas

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Bendle, James ^a,b   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^a,c   Ziveri, Patrizia ^c,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 26244457174     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001025     Document Type: Article

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