Increased input of circumpolar deep water-borne detritus to the glacial SE Atlantic Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Bayon, Germain ^a,b   German, Christopher R ^a   Nesbitt, Robert W ^a   Bertrand, Philippe ^c   Schneider, Ralph R ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep water circulation; Detrital fractions; IMAGES; Neodymium isotopes; South atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143067573     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000371     Document Type: Article

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