Sapropel burn-down and ichnological response to late Quaternary sapropel formation in two ∼ 400 ky records from the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 406-425

  Lowemark L ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Chen, H F ^b   Yang, T N ^c   Beier, C ^d   Werner, F ^d   Lee, C Y ^a   Song, S R ^a   Kao, S J ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Bioturbation; Eastern Mediterranean; Pleistocene; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; BULK DENSITY; CARBON FLUX; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICHNOLOGY; NEW RECORD; ORGANIC CARBON; QUATERNARY; RADIOGRAPHY; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; X-RAY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCOLICIA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 33750020346     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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