Changes in opal flux and the rain ratio during the last 50,000 years in the equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5-7, 2007, Pages 762-771

  Richaud, Mathieu ^a   Loubere, Paul ^a   Pichat, Sylvain ^b   Francois, Roger ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equatorial Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SILICA;

CARBON BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEEP EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FLORAL SHIFT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OPAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SILICON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34249069224     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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