Atypical δ15N variations at the southern boundary of the East Pacific oxygen minimum zone over the last 50 ka

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 3017-3028

  Martinez, Philippe ^a   Lamy, Frank ^b   Robinson, Rebecca R ^c   Pichevin, Laetitia ^d   Billy, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE WATERS;

GLACIAL SURFACE WATERS; HIGH-LATITUDE PROCESSES; MILLENIAL SCALE OSCILLATIONS;

ISOTOPES;

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER;

CHILEAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU BASIN;

EID: 33751225948     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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