Holocene sediment deposition on a NE Atlantic transect including Feni Drift quantified by radiocarbon and 230Thexcess methods

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 170-185

  Thomson, J ^a   Green, D R H ^a   van Calsteren, P ^b   Richter, T O ^c   van Weering, T C E ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

230Th dating; Deep sea sediments; Feni Drift; NE Atlantic Ocean; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA SEDIMENTS; RADIOCARBONS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 31344475562     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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