Late Quaternary δ13C gradients and carbonate accumulation in the western equatorial Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 237-249

  Mulitza, Stefan ^a   Rühlemann, Carsten ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^a   Hale, Walter ^a   Pätzold, Jürgen ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; Equatorial atlantic; Foraminifera; Globigerinoides sacculifer; Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031844232     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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