Productivity and continental denudation history from the South China Sea since the late Miocene

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Zhang, Lili ^a,b,c   Chen, Muhong ^a   Xiang, Rong ^a   Zhang, Lanlan ^a,b   Lu, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Late Miocene; Productivity; Radiolarian; Southern South China Sea; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLORITE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ILLITE; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; RADIOLARIA; SMECTITE; UPWELLING; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 67349089266     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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