Seasonal variations in planktonic foraminiferal flux and the chemical properties of their shells in the southern South China Sea

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1187

  Wan, Sui ^a   Jian, Zhi Min ^a   Cheng, Xin Rong ^a   Qiao, Pei Jun ^a   Wang, Ru Jian ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; Mg Ca ratio; oxygen and carbon isotope; planktonic foraminifera; seasonal change; sediment trap; southern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEASONAL CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLOROPHYLL; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PORPHYRINS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHLOROPHYLL; MAGNESIUM; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHELL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI; PULLENIATINA OBLIQUILOCULATA;

EID: 77955284983     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4039-3     Document Type: Article

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