Paleoceanographic implications of nitrogen and organic carbon isotopic excursions in mid-Pleistocene sapropels from the Tyrrhenian and Levantine Basins, Mediterranean Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Meyers, Philip A ^a   Arnaboldi, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Mediterranean Sea; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen isotopes; Paleoproductivity; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SALINITY;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 49149084217     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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