Evolution of deepwater mixing and weathering inputs in the central Atlantic Ocean over the past 33 Myr

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Frank, M ^a   van de Flierdt, T ^a   Halliday, A N ^a   Kubik, P W ^a   Hattendorf, B ^a   Gunther D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antarctic Bottom Water; Fracture zones; Labrador Sea Water; North Atlantic Deep Water; Radiogenic isotopes; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; FRACTURE ZONE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 1642305665     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000919     Document Type: Article

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