Decoupling of δ13CΣCO2 and phosphate in Recent Weddell Sea deep and bottom water: Implications for glacial Southern Ocean paleoceanography

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-215

  Mackensen, A ^a   Hubberten, H W ^a   Scheele, N ^a,b   Schlitzer, R ^a  

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

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GLACIAL PERIOD; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0029731140     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95PA03840     Document Type: Article

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