Variations in terrigenous sediment discharge in a sediment core from southeastern Arabian Sea during the last 140 ka

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1421-1425

  Pattan, J N ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Mineko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Marine environment; Marine isotope stage; Mass accumulation rate; Terrigenous sediment discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844443203     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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