Neodymium isotopic reconstruction of late Paleocene-early Eocene thermohaline circulation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 309-322

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Jones, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean Drilling Program; PETM; Seawater Nd isotopes; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; SEAWATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING;

EID: 0038138001     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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