Paleoenvironment changes in the NW Okhotsk Sea for the last 18kyr determined with micropaleontological, geochemical, and lithological data

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-811

  Gorbarenko, S A ^a   Psheneva, O Yu ^a   Artemova, A V ^a   Matul', A G ^b   Tiedemann, R ^c   Nurnberg D ^c  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Holocene; Isotope geochemistry; Late Glaciation; Micropaleontology; Northwestern Okhotsk Sea; Paleoenvironment of surface; Sea ice; Water column and surface sediment

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; HOLOCENES; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NORTHWESTERN OKHOTSK SEA; OKHOTSK SEA; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT OF SURFACE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

SEAWATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMASS; DIATOM; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HEINRICH EVENT; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATE GLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTODETRITUS; PREBOREAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOLARIA; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIFICATION; UPPER OCEAN; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AMUR RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77954860008     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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