Late Pleistocene dark laminated mud layers from the Korea Plateau, western East Sea/Japan Sea, and their paleoceanographic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 74-87

  Khim, B K ^a   Bahk, J J ^b   Hyun, S ^c   Lee, G H ^d  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anoxic condition; East Sea Japan Sea; Laminated mud; Late Pleistocene; Paleoceanography; Paleoclimate; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947713916     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.029     Document Type: Article

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