Sediment geochemical records of productivity and oxygen depletion along the margin of western North America during the past 60,000 years: teleconnections with Greenland Ice and the Cariaco Basin

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-114

  Dean, Walter E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

BOTTOM-WATER OXYGEN (BWO) CONDITIONS; MILLENNIAL-SCALE CYCLES; SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TELECONNECTION; TRACE ELEMENT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33845969168     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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