Glacial to Holocene terrigenous organic matter input to sediments from Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico - A combined optical and biomarker approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 251-263

  Meckler, A N ^a   Schubert, C J ^b   Hochuli, P A ^c   Plessen, B ^d   Birgel, D ^e   Flower, B P ^f   Hinrichs, K U ^e   Haug, G H ^a,g  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

bulk parameters; deglaciation; kerogen; meltwater; organic matter source

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEGLACIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; ELSEVIER (CO); GULF OF MEXICO (GOM); HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; MELTWATER FLUXES; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); ORCA BASIN; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); PARTICLE SORTING; POLLEN GRAINS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER DEPTHS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; KEROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCREENING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KEROGEN; LAST DEGLACIATION; MELTWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; ORCA BASIN;

DINOPHYCEAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 47949123190     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.046     Document Type: Article

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