New evidence for a glacioeustatic influence on deep water circulation, bottom water ventilation and primary productivity in the South China Sea

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 138-153

  Lowemark L ^a,g   Steinke, S ^b   Wang, C H ^c   Chen, M T ^d   Muller A ^e   Shiau, L J ^d   Kao, S J ^f   Song, S R ^g   Lin, H L ^h   Wei, K Y ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e National Taiwan University ^*

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bottom water oxygen depletion; Monsoon; Organic carbon preservation; Productivity; Sea level; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL; VENTILATION;

ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; MONSOON; ORGANIC-CARBON PRESERVATION; OXYGEN DEPLETION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

WATER RECYCLING;

BOTTOM WATER; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MONSOON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PRESERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60849096077     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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