Sea-ice distribution in the modern Arctic Ocean: Biomarker records from trans-Arctic Ocean surface sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-29

  Xiao, Xiaotong ^a   Fahl, Kirsten ^a   Müller, Juliane ^a   Stein, Ruediger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DIATOM; ICE COVER; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; CHUKCHI PLATEAU;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84923333777     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.029     Document Type: Article

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