Records of past mid-depth ventilation: Cretaceous ocean anoxic event 2 vs. Recent oxygen minimum zones

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1169-1189

  Schonfeld J ^a   Kuhnt, W ^b   Erdem, Z ^a   Flogel S ^a   Glock, N ^a   Aquit, M ^b   Frank, M ^a   Holbourn, A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BURROW; CENOMANIAN; CRAB; DIAGENESIS; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; HYPOXIA; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; SURFACE WATER; TRACE FOSSIL; VENTILATION;

AFRICA; CALIFORNIA; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84923657458     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1169-2015     Document Type: Article

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