Rare earth elements in the ornithogenic sediments from the Maritime antarctic: A potential new palaeoecology proxy

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ornithogenic sediments; Palaeoecology; Penguin population; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHONDRITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANTARCTICA;

SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84877787755     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0087     Document Type: Article

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