Iron fertilisation and biogeochemical cycles in the sub-Arctic northwest Pacific during the late Pliocene intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 253-265

  Bailey, Ian ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^b   Swann, George E A ^c   Jiang, Zhaoxia ^b   Sun, Youbin ^d   Zhao, Xiang ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Ice rafted debris; North Pacific; Northern hemisphere glaciation; Nutrient use; Volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUSTS; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIS; DUST; ICE; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE RAFTING; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; IRON; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT USE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ARCTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 79959771097     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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