Glacial to postglacial transformation of organic input pathways in Arctic Ocean basins

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yunker, Mark B ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^b   Snowdon, Lloyd R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Snowdon Research   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; BASIN-EDGE; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; HYDROCARBON BIOMARKERS; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; ORGANIC INPUTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGENIC SOURCES; SHELF SEDIMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMARKERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GYRE; HOLOCENE; HYDROCARBON; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PAH; SEA ICE; SHELF SEDIMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77950599935     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003503     Document Type: Article

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