A time series study of the carbon isotopic composition of deep-sea benthic foraminifera

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 8-1-8-27

  Corliss, Bruce H ^a   McCorkle, Daniel C ^b   Higdon, David M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Benthos; Foraminifera; Isotopes; Micropaleontology; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP SEA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; PEREGRINA; UVIGERINA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 0036764710     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001pa000664     Document Type: Article

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