Monsoon forcing, hydrodynamics of the Kuroshio Current, and tectonic effects on sedimentary carbon and sulfur cycling in the Okinawa Trough since 90 ka

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Kao, S J ^a,b   Roberts, A P ^c   Hsu, S C ^a   Chang, Y P ^d   Lyons, W B ^e   Chen, M T ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR;

DEGREE OF PYRITIZATION (DOP); HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; MONSOON FORCING; SEDIMENTARY BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY CARBON; SULFUR CYCLING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MONSOON; OCEANIC CURRENT; RIFTING; SEA LEVEL; SULFUR CYCLE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646371711     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025154     Document Type: Article

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