Coupling between suboxic condition in sediments of the western Bay of Bengal and southwest monsoon intensification: A geochemical study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 343, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-66

  Pattan, J N ^a   Mir, Ishfaq Ahmad ^a,c   Parthiban, G ^a   Karapurkar, Supriya G ^a   Matta, V M ^b   Naidu, P D ^a   Naqvi, S W A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Denitrification; Monsoon intensification; Organic carbon; Redox sensitive elements; Suboxic

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS; ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; MONSOON INTENSIFICATION; REDOX SENSITIVES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SUBOXIC; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84875174115     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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