Glacial northeast Atlantic surface water pCO2: Productivity and deep-water formation

Marine Geology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 177-190

  Maslin, M A ^a,c   Thomas, E ^a,d,e   Shackleton, N J ^a   Hall, M A ^a   Seidov, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Foraminifera; Last glacial period; North East Atlantic; Organic matter; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031444354     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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