Impact of indus River discharge on productivity and preservation of organic carbon in the Arabian Sea over the Twentieth century

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-402

  Lückge, Andreas ^a   Deplazes, Gaudenz ^b   Schulz, Hartmut ^c   Scheeder, Georg ^a   Suckow, Axel ^d   Kasten, Sabine ^e   Haug, Gerald H ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Institut für Angewandte Geophysik   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARABIAN SEA; CARBON CYCLES; DISCHARGE RATES; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDUS RIVER; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN; PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER DYNAMICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

COASTAL ZONES; OXYGEN SUPPLY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS RIVER;

EID: 84861354000     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32608.1     Document Type: Article

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