Characteristics of alkenone distributions in suspended and sinking particles in the northwestern North Pacific

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2045-2062

  Harada, Naomi ^a   Sato, Miyako ^a,b   Shiraishi, Aya ^b   Honda, Makio C ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

EID: 33645875317     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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