Carbon isotope evidence for changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation and ocean ventilation in the southwest Pacific during the last deglaciation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Bostock, Helen C ^a   Opdyke, Bradley N ^a   Gagan, Michael K ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C; AAIW; Deglaciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; FORAMINIFERA; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 15944375184     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001047     Document Type: Review

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