Terrigenous events and climate history of the Sophia Basin, Arctic Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Winkelmann, Daniel ^a,b   Schäfer, Christoph ^a   Stein, Rüdiger ^a   MacKensen, Andreas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Glacial activity; Organic carbon; Quaternary climate history; Sophia Basin; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749092456     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002038     Document Type: Article

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