Oceanographic and climatologic controls on the compositions and fluxes of biogenic materials in the water column and sediments of the Cariaco Basin over the Late Holocene

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-640

  Goni, M A ^a   Aceves, H ^b   Benitez Nelson, B ^b   Tappa, E ^b   Thunell, R ^b   Black, D E ^c   Muller Karger, F ^d   Astor, Y ^e   Varela, R ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical fluxes; Cariaco basin; Holocene climate; Organic matter; Productivity; Sediment records; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; COPPER OXIDES; DEBRIS; FATTY ACIDS; FIRE HAZARDS; FLUXES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LIGNIN; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

ACID REACTIONS; ALLOCHTHONOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; BIOGENIC MATERIALS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; CARBON AND NITROGENS; CARIACO BASIN; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; FORCINGS; GRAVITY CORES; HIGH YIELDS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; INTER ANNUALS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LATE HOLOCENE; LIGNIN-DERIVED PRODUCTS; MULTIVARIATE DATUM; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REACTION PRODUCTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENTARY HORIZONS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; STABLE CARBONS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; THERMAL MAXIMUM; TIME-SCALES; WATER COLUMNS; WIND-DRIVEN UPWELLINGS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; LIGNIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BASINS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBONATES; FATTY ACIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIGNINS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTS; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 61849100502     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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