Ocean science: Radiocarbon variability in the western North Atlantic during the last deglaciation

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5753, 2005, Pages 1469-1473

  Robinson, Laura F ^a   Adkins, Jess F ^a   Keigwin, Lloyd D ^b   Southon, John ^c   Fernandez, Diego P ^a   Wang, S L ^a   Scheirer, Daniel S ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIPOLAR SEESAW; RADIOCARBONS; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON 14; CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHIC FAUNA; CORAL REEF; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOLOCENE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; WARMING; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; PROTOZOON; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; PROTOZOA; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 28544453427     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114832     Document Type: Article

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