A geostrophic transport estimate for the Florida Current from the oxygen isotope composition of benthic foraminifera

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-373

  Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^a   Curry, William B ^b   Slowey, Niall ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA CURRENT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0032843489     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999pa900001     Document Type: Article

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