Isotopic evidence of sea-surface freshening, enhanced productivity, and improved organic matter preservation during sapropel deposition in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-266

  Krishnamurthy, R V ^a   Meyers, Philip A ^b   Lovan, Norman A ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic matter D; Organic 13C; Precessional climate cycles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CYCLE; ISOTOPIC PARAMETERS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEORIC WATERS; ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATIONS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84874972716     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)028<0263:ieossf>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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