Rapid changes in ocean circulation and atmospheric radiocarbon

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 773-795

  Stocker, Thomas F ^a   Wright, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CARBON 14; CARBON-14; CIRCULATION CHANGES; LATE QUATERNARY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 0030437281     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA02640     Document Type: Article

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