Glacial-interglacial variability in lower North Atlantic deep water: Inference from silt grain-size analysis and carbonate preservation in the western equatorial Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-332

  Groger M ^a,b   Henrich, R ^a   Bickert, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom current speed; Carbonate preservation; Equatorial Atlantic; Grain size analysis; North Atlantic Deep Water

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CORROSION; ISOTOPES; SILT;

DEEP WATER;

GLACIERS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CARBONATE; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PRESERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 10744227052     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00263-9     Document Type: Article

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