Over 100 years of environmental change recorded by foraminifers and sediments in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 345-358

  Osterman, Lisa E ^a   Smith, Christopher G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Dissolution; Estuary; Hypoxia; Pb 210; Shipping channel; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPOXIA; LEAD ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84870364088     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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