Glacial/interglacial variations in production and nitrogen fixation in the Cariaco Basin during the last 580 kyr

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 427-432

  Haug, Gerald H ^a   Pedersen, Thomas F ^b   Sigman, Daniel M ^c   Calvert, Stephen E ^b   Nielsen, Bente ^b   Peterson, Larry C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; Caribbean Sea; Glacial interglacial cycle; Nitrogen fixation; Paleoproductivity; Primary production; Quaternary; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0032450770     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98PA01976     Document Type: Article

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