Biogenic sedimentation in the equatorial Pacific: Carbon cycling and paleoproduction, 12-24 Ma

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Piela, Christine ^a,b   Lyle, Mitchell ^a   Marcantonio, Franco ^a   Baldauf, Jack ^a   Olivarez Lyle, Annette ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON CYCLE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84860203864     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002236     Document Type: Article

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