Shelf erosion and submarine river canyons: Implications for deep-sea oxygenation and ocean productivity during glaciation

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1973-1982

  Tsandev, I ^a   Rabouille, C ^b   Slomp, C P ^a   Van Cappellen, P ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; GRAVITY FLOW; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGENATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 77953956532     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1973-2010     Document Type: Article

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