Links between iron input and opal deposition in the Pleistocene equatorial Pacific Ocean

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-274

  Murray, Richard W ^a   Leinen, Margaret ^b   Knowlton, Christopher W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEPOSITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRON; MAAR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859297173     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1422     Document Type: Article

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