The salinity, temperature, and δ18O of the glacial deep ocean

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5599, 2002, Pages 1769-1773

  Adkins, Jess F ^a   McIntyre, Katherine ^a   Schrag, Daniel P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; UNDERWATER DRILLING;

PORE FLUID MEASUREMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; SEA WATER;

CHLORIDE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FREEZING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; LIQUID; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037195606     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076252     Document Type: Article

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