Implications of organic carbon, trace elemental and CaCO3 variations in a sediment core from the Arabian Sea

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-438

  Shetye, Suhas S ^a   Sudhakar, Maruthadu ^a,b   Mohan, Rahul ^a   Tyagi, Abhishek ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Marine upulling phytoplankton holoeine; Organic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GRAIN SIZE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 76149099602     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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