The carbon isotopic record of the C37:2 alkenone in the South Atlantic: Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) vs. Holocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 123-140

  Benthien, Albert ^a   Andersen, Nils ^b   Schulte, Sonja ^c   Müller, Peter J ^d   Schneider, Ralph R ^d,e   Wefer, Gerold ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Carbon dioxide; Emiliania huxleyi; Growth rates; Nutrients; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18944373130     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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