Annual record of particle fluxes, geochemistry and diatoms in effingham inlet, british columbia, canada, and the impact of the 1999 la niña event

Marine Geology

Volumn 337, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-34

  Chang, Alice S ^a   Bertram, Miriam A ^b,f   Ivanochko, Tara ^c   Calvert, Stephen E ^c   Dallimore, Audrey ^d   Thomson, Richard E ^e  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Effingham inlet; Geochemistry; La Ni a; Northeast pacific ocean; Particle flux; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DIATOMS; EFFINGHAM INLET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICLE FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LA NINA; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRAP; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS; NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 84877652759     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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