Provenance of terrigenous detritus of the surface sediments in the Bering and Chukchi Seas as derived from Sr and Nd isotopes: Implications for recent climate change in the Arctic regions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 61-64, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-171

  Asahara, Yoshihiro ^a   Takeuchi, Fumi ^a   Nagashima, Kana ^b   Harada, Naomi ^b   Yamamoto, Koshi ^a   Oguri, Kazumasa ^b   Tadai, Osamu ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Neodymium isotope; Provenance; Sediment; Strontium isotope

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CHUKCHI SEA; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; FINE-GRAIN MATERIAL; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; MARGINAL SEAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; ND ISOTOPES; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS; PROVENANCE; REE PATTERN; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; RIVER BASINS; SHELF WATERS; SIBERIA; SR AND ND ISOTOPES; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; SR-ND ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TWO-COMPONENT; VOLCANICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS HANDLING; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

STRONTIUM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITUS; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHUKCHI SEA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PACIFIC OCEAN; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 84857441934     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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