Paleoclimatic and diagenetic history of the late quaternary sediments in a core from the Southeastern Arabian Sea: Geochemical and magnetic signals

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-146

  Rao, Venigalla Purnachandra ^a   Kessarkar, Pratima Mohan ^a   Thamban, Meloth ^b   Patil, Shiva Kumar ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Diagenetic magnetic minerals; Late Quaternary; Productivity; Redox sensitive elements; Rock magnetic properties; SE Arabian Sea; Sedimentary environment

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BOLLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; PALEOCLIMATE; REWORKING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 77749280206     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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