Geochemical and diatom signatures of bottom water renewal events in Effingham Inlet, British Columbia (Canada)

Marine Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 50-61

  Hay, Murray B ^a   Calvert, Stephen E ^b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Dallimore, Audrey ^c   Thomson, Richard E ^d   Baumgartner, Timothy R ^e  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; diatoms; fjords; geochemistry; paleoceanography; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; BOTTOM WATERS; BRACKISH WATERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; DIATOMS; FJORDS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOLOCENE; MUD LAYERS; PACIFIC OCEANS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT COLUMNS; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SOURCE MATERIALS; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE SALINITIES; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LAYERS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER CONDITIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EARTHQUAKES; FIRE HAZARDS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; FJORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMITE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CYCLOTELLA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 67349257912     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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