Comment on "Sedimentary phosphorus record from the Oman margin: New evidence of high productivity during glacial periods" by F. Tamburini et al

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Higginson, Matthew J ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Denitrification; Monsoon; Nitrogen; Oxygen minimum zone; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 4544335395     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001017     Document Type: Article

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