High organic carbon deposition in the northern margin of the Aleutian Basin (Bering Sea) before the last deglaciation

Ocean Science Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Khim, Boo Keun ^a   Kim, Sunghan ^a   Uchida, Masao ^b   Itaki, Takuya ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; deglaciation; geochemistry; isotope; organic carbon; paleoproductivity; sea level

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSITION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST DEGLACIATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN BASIN; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

ALEUTIAN BASIN; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78650992774     PISSN: 17385261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12601-010-0019-y     Document Type: Article

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