Enhanced marine productivity in the Kuroshio region off Shikoku during the last glacial period inferred from the accumulation and carbon isotopes of sedimentary organic matter

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 848-855

  Ikehara, Minoru ^a   Akita, Daisaku ^a   Matsuda, Ayuri ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope of organic matter; Kuroshio; Marine productivity; North Pacific subtropical gyre; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GYRE; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70749143540     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1361     Document Type: Article

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