Paleoenvironmental implications of Cenozoic sediments from the central Arctic Ocean (IODP Expedition 302) using inorganic geochemistry

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mrz, C ^a   Schnetger, B ^a   Brumsack, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BOTTOM WATER; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOOD BASALT; LITHOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIFICATION; SULFIDE; VENTILATION; WATER COLUMN; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955321865     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001860     Document Type: Article

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