A late Miocene-Early Pliocene biogenic silica crash in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 490-501

  Cawthern, T ^a,f   Johnson, J E ^a   Giosan, L ^b   Flores, J A ^c   Rose, K ^d   Solomon, E ^e  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Biosilica; Indian Ocean; Indonesian Throughflow; NGHP 01

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914173155     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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