Ba/Ca evolution in water masses of the Mediterranean late Neogene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Sprovieri, Mario ^a   D'Alcalà, Maurizio Ribera ^b   Manta, Daniela Salvagio ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^c   Neri, Rodolfo ^c   Lirer, Fabrizio ^a   Taberner, Conxita ^d,e,g   Pueyo, Juan Josè ^f   Sammartino, Simone ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e Shell International Exploration and Production ^*  (Netherlands)

^f Departamento de Geoquimica   (Spain)

^g SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGENIC MINERAL; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CIRCULATION; MESSINIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARATETHYS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SHELL; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; ORBULINA UNIVERSA; PARATETHYS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 65649143409     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001469     Document Type: Article

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