Nitrogen isotopic variations in the Gulf of California since the Last Deglaciation: Response to global climate change

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-409

  Pride, Carol ^a,b   Thunell, Robert ^a   Sigman, Daniel ^c,d   Keigwin, Lloyd ^c   Altabet, Mark ^e   Tappa, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN 15; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST DEGLACIATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032825094     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900004     Document Type: Article

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