Enhanced supply of fossil organic carbon to the Okinawa trough since the last deglaciation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Kao, S J ^a   Dai, M H ^b   Wei, K Y ^c   Blair, N E ^d   Lyons, W B ^e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEGLACIATION; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 50649124057     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001440     Document Type: Article

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