Evolution of marine sedimentation in the bering sea since the pliocene

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1231-1253

  Aiello, Ivano W ^a   Christina Ravelo, A ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84873505798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00710.1     Document Type: Article

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