The mid-Pleistocene climate transition: A deep sea carbon isotopic perspective

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 546-559

  Raymo, M E ^a   Oppo, D W ^b   Curry, W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEEP SEA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE;

EID: 0031422440     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA01019     Document Type: Article

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