Bioturbational structures record environmental changes in the upwelling area off Vietnam (South China Sea) for the last 150,000years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 256-267

  Wetzel, Andreas ^a   Tjallingii, Rik ^b,c   Wiesner, Martin G ^d  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Ichnofabric; Oxygen minimum; South China Sea; Upwelling; Zoophycos

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CACHING; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOFABRIC; INTERGLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; TURBIDITE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 81555214158     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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