Evaluating mechanisms of nutrient depletion and 13C enrichment in the intermediate-depth Atlantic during the last ice age

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Sigman, Daniel M ^a   Lehman, Scott J ^b   Oppo, Delia W ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Glacial ocean circulation; Intermediate water; Last Glacial Maximum; North Atlantic paleoceanography; Ocean phosphate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0348162339     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000818     Document Type: Article

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