Anoxia and high primary production in the Paleogene central Arctic Ocean: First detailed records from Lomonosov Ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Stein, Ruediger ^a   Boucsein, Bettina ^a   Meyer, Hanno ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON;

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOXIA; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

ALGAE;

CLIMATE HISTORY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; LATE CRETACEOUS; LOMONOSOV RIDGES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; TERRIGENOUS INPUTS;

EID: 34250859891     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026776     Document Type: Article

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