Evidence for deep-water production in the North Pacific Ocean during the early Cenozoic warm interval

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6995, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CENOZOIC WARM INTERVAL; DEEP-WATER CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM 143; NEODYMIUM 144; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RAIN; SEA WATER;

CENOZOIC; DEEP WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; CENOZOIC; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; ANIMAL; BONE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOOTH; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FISHES; FOSSILS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NEODYMIUM; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAIN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 3042761278     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02639     Document Type: Article

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