Late Miocene carbon iosotope records and marine biological productivity: Was there a (dusty) link?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Diester Haass, Liselotte ^a   Billups, Katharina ^b   Emeis, Kay C ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547986681     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001267     Document Type: Article

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