The preservation potential of ash layers in the deep-sea: The example of the 1991-Pinatubo ash in the South China Sea

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1992-2009

  Wetzel, Andreas ^a  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benthic food content; Benthic mixing; Bioturbation; Deep sea; Environmental disturbance; Event layer

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FOOD CONTENT; BENTHIC MIXING; BIOTURBATION; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; EVENT LAYER;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MIXING; OXYGEN; VOLCANOES;

SEAWATER;

BIOTURBATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAIN SIZE; MACROBENTHOS; MIXING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPWELLING; VOLCANIC ASH;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZAMBALES;

ANIMALIA; PINATUBO;

EID: 77955571736     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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