Vast laminated diatom mat deposits from the west low-latitude Pacific Ocean in the last glacial period

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4529-4533

  Zhai, Bin ^a,b   Li, TieGang ^a   Chang, FengMing ^a   Cao, QiYuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AAIW; AMS 14C dating; Diatom mats; Last glacial period; West Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ETHMODISCUS;

EID: 74749102074     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0447-1     Document Type: Article

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