Effects of benthic transport processes on abrupt climatic changes recorded in deep-sea sediments: A time-dependent modeling approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Charbit, S ^a   Rabouille, C ^a   Siani, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abrupt climatic changes; Bioturbation; Deep sea sediments; Numerical modeling; Process studies

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FORAMINIFERA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037113436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000575     Document Type: Article

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