A comparison of early Paleogene export productivity and organic carbon burial flux for Maud Rise, Weddell Sea, and Kerguelen Plateau, south Indian Ocean

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Faul, K L ^a   Delaney, M L ^b  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GYRE; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SILICA; URANIUM;

MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77957553227     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001916     Document Type: Article

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