Rare earth element geochemistry of laminated diatom mats from tropical West Pacific: Evidence for more reducing bottomwaters and higher primary productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum

Chemical Geology

Volumn 296-297, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-118

  Xiong, Zhifang ^a   Li, Tiegang ^a   Algeo, Thomas ^b   Chang, Fengming ^a   Yin, Xuebo ^a   Xu, Zhaokai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerium and europium anomalies; Diatom mats; Ethmodiscus rex; Last Glacial Maximum; Rare earth elements; West Pacific

Indexed keywords

DIATOM MATS; ETHMODISCUS REX; EUROPIUM ANOMALIES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; WEST PACIFIC;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CERIUM; EUROPIUM; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAMINATING; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ALGAL MAT; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DIATOM; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); PARECE VELA BASIN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ETHMODISCUS;

EID: 84862816825     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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