Paleogene record of elemental concentrations in sediments from the Arctic Ocean obtained by XRF analyses

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Spofforth, David J A ^a   Pälike, Heiko ^a   Green, Darryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 45449108830     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001489     Document Type: Article

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