Comparison of water column [CO2aq] with sedimentary alkenone-based estimates: A test of the alkenone-CO2 proxy

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Pagani, Mark ^a   Freeman, Katherine H ^b   Ohkouchi, Nao ^c   Caldeira, Ken ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Carbon dioxide; Pacific Ocean; 13C

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0346327472     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000756     Document Type: Article

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