North Atlantic Deep Water export to the Southern Ocean over the past 14 Myr: Evidence from Nd and Pb isotopes in ferromanganese crusts

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-9

  Frank, Martin ^a,b   Whiteley, Nicholas ^a   Kasten, Sabine ^c   Hein, James R ^d   O'Nions, Keith ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese crusts; North Atlantic deep water; Ocean circulation; Radiogenic isotopes; Southern Ocean; Water masses

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036626452     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000PA000606     Document Type: Article

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