Geochemical record of Holocene to Recent sedimentation on the Western Indus continental shelf, Arabian Sea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Limmer, David R ^a   Bning, Philipp ^b   Giosan, Liviu ^c   Ponton, Camilo ^c   Köhler, Cornelia M ^a   Cooper, Matthew J ^d   Tabrez, Ali R ^e   Clift, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

ARABIAN SEA; CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DELTA PLAIN; DELTA SEDIMENTS; DETRITAL CARBONATE; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION; HOLOCENES; IN-BUILDINGS; INDUS RIVER; LAST GLACIAL; RECENT SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SILICATE WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS RIVER;

EID: 84855913129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003845     Document Type: Article

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