Western equatorial Pacific productivity and carbonate dissolution over the last 550 kyr: Foraminiferal and nannofossil evidence from ODP Hole 807A

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 121-140

  Zhang, Jiangyong ^a,b,c   Wang, Pinxian ^b   Li, Qianyu ^b,d   Cheng, Xinrong ^b   Jin, Haiyan ^b   Zhang, Shiying ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; carbonate dissolution cycles; eolian processes; nannofossils; paleoproductivity; thermocline; western equatorial Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; EOLIAN PROCESS; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOCLINE;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34548047690     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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