Biogenic barium in surface sediments of the European Nordic Seas

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Pirrung, M ^a   Illner, P ^a   Matthiessen, J ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Ba Al ratio; biogenic barium; Nordic Seas; productivity; surface sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC BARIUM; LITHOGENIC COMPOSITION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTS;

BARIUM;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BASALT; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; MARGINAL SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; ICELAND BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 41349118500     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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