Pleistocene to Holocene contrasts in organic matter production and preservation on the California continental margin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 888-899

  Dean, Walter E ^a   Gardner, James V ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ALGAL PRODUCTIVITY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LAMINATED SEDIMENTS; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE;

CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879882187     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0888:PTHCIO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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