Neodymium isotopes in planktonic foraminifera: A record of the response of continental weathering and ocean circulation rates to climate change

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 365-379

  Vance, Derek ^a   Burton, Kevin ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Isotopes; Neodynium; Sea water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; WEATHERING;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0033573523     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00244-7     Document Type: Article

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