Marine barite: Recorder of variations in ocean export productivity

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5-7, 2007, Pages 687-705

  Paytan, Adina ^a   Griffith, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barite; Biological production; Carbon cycle; Marine sediments; Palaeoceanography; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BARITE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BARITE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 34249021099     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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