Glacial-interglacial variations in the neodymium isotope composition of seawater in the Bay of Bengal recorded by planktonic foraminifera

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 425-441

  Burton, Kevin W ^a   Vance, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Cycles; Foraminifera; Isotopes; Monsoons; Neodymium; Quaternary; Sea water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0034732034     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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